Oops!

So last night Jessy had her friends Stephy an Nicole over and they were all sitting on the floor playing around. Somehow Jessy hurt her head and her scar started burning. She got really scared and asked to go see the doctor asap just in case something bad happened. When they got to the Urgent Care the doctor said the scar looked fine but that because that area is so sensitive, any little time she touches that area is going to feel like a big deal. It's still hard for her to realize that she has to manage herself in the things she does so she can feel better quickly.
Besides that she has been doing great! She was at the garage sale encouraging everyone to sell, sell, sell!
Remember September 2 jessy will be having surgery to close her eye shut! I'll keep you posted on how everything goes!

Thanks for a successful garage sale!

We would like to thank everyone who was a part of our garage sale this weekend! From those who donated things for us to sell, to those who were there in the scorching hot sun selling as well as those who went to shop! Our garage sale couldn't have been successful without you!
We had an amazing time, met some people who had an incredible story and had so much support. We had people who heard about us and just came by to drop off things to sell. It's incredible how much support we had and we are truly blessed and grateful to everyone!
We will be having another garage sale sometime in October so you guys can keep cleaning out your house and donating things for our next garage sale! :) email us for more info on how u can drop off donations @ jessytraviesofund@gmail.com.

Thanks again!

Jessy getting up and walking by herself

This is Jessy walking by herself today =) We are so proud of her!

Walking!!!! :D

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but between bad internet connections and getting ready for our garage sale it's been kind of crazy!!! But I'm back and I got a new iPhone app where i can update directly from my phone.. I'll keep you guys in the loop! :)

Jessy has continued going to her three therapies three times a week. She is working hard on walking by herself. She always tries to get up by herself and walk alone to get around... Or she even starts to crawl!!! I actually have a video I'll be posting up of her walking by herself around the house =) She practices walking by rolling her feet so she doesn't lose her balance.

On September 2 Jessy will be getting her left eye lids stitched together. She will have it shut until she gains more feeling on the left side of her face.

Thanks to our long-time friend Raul Rodriguez from All-Med Services, Jessy is using an electrical stimulator on the left side of her face. The electricity stimulates her nerves. When you pass the electricity through a certain part of her face you can see her moving parts of her face. She is finally getting her smile back slowly. She still talks to one side but it's getting a lot better.

Remember tomorrow we will be having our Garage Sale!! All proceeds are for Jessy's Fix My Booboo Fund!

See you there!

jessy walking!

wah wah wah...

SooOo Jessy went to Bascom Palmer for the second opinion about her left eye. To prevent her cornia from suffering further damages, the doctor recommends that her eye lids be sewn shut until she regains feeling to the left side of her face. Once she regains feeling to that side of her face, they can open it up again and she can practice blinking again. She has an appointment with the cornia specialist on Tuesday the 17th. The specialist will be giving us more details on the procedure which will take place on September 2.

On thursday she had her three therapies again....

In speech therapy she blew the whistle again. Then she had a listening exercise. The therapist would have her write her name in the middle of the page, write the date on the left hand corner of the pg, and write the numbers 1-10 on the bottom left hand side of the page. These were just exercises to ensure she can follow directions.

In physical therapy she started walking. Since she has been dragging her feet while walking, they put her to do heel and toe exercises while holding onto the bar and walking to the side by crossing her legs.

In occupational therapy she played patty-cake against the table. She also had to stack cards using her left hand and then flip them over. The therapist then bounced a ball and then Jessy had to bounce the ball back at her. She also wrote a journal about what she does in therapy. This will allow Jessy to know that she doesn't have to include every detail, but she can later go back in that journal and see what she did that day in therapy.

Today Jessy went in the pool for the first time since her surgery. She was so excited and just couldn't hide it!!! :) She went straight to practicing how to swim with her "Tio Lovey Dovey," who also encouraged her to do underwater exercises. She practiced moving her legs under water and did a great job at swimming. I'll be posting a video up soon.

Remember we will be having a garage sale on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 8am-3pm at the Winston Park Clubhouse!! Please stop by, all proceeds are for Jessy's Fix My Booboo Fund.. If you have anything you'd like to donate to the garage sale please e-mail us at jessytraviesofund@gmail.com! Thanks for all your help!!! :)

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If you have anything you would like to donate please email us for more info!! jessytraviesofund@gmail.com

Jessy @ Bascom Palmer

Jessy is at Bascom Palmer right now getting her left eye checked out. Second opinion!! Hopefully they have a better solution for her eye! :) I'll keep you updated on what they say!

Practice Practice Practice!!

Today Jessy had her three therapies (physical, occupational and speech) and also went to see her pediatrician.

First off, she went to the pediatrician. He said that the rash she has is acne which is produced from the nerves. It's also a combination oh her nerves and the surgery. He prescribed a cream which will hopefully help it out. He wants to see her ev

ery 2 weeks to follow her progress. We love our family pediatrician!!! He's awesome!! :)

This is a picture of Jessy and her brother Otto at the pediatrician.

In speech therapy she practiced blowing the whistle. She also did speech exercises saying "th" and "v". She also had a massage on her face. Hopefully it helps in the movement of her left side. (Remember she still doesn't move her left side)

In physical therapy she practiced standing up... She also practiced walking in the shoes she will be wearing to her cousins wedding in two weeks. She is part of the bridal party so she's been practicing with her brother how to walk down the aisle. She's obviously not wearing heels like the rest of the bridal party, but she will be wearing sandals and practicing with these shoes will be great. She is going to look beautiful and will actually be able to walk down the aisle with her brother at her cousins wedding... It will def be a tear jerker!!! :)

In occupational therapy she did different exercises with her left hand. She did this one exercise where she had to take little things that looked like needles from a small hole and had to place them in a box. This exercise allows her to focus on one thing she needs to get and grab it with her left hand and place it where it belongs. I will post a video later where you can see how she has trouble with her left hand. This exercise will help in making this better. She'll eventually have better coordination with her left hand.

This is a picture of Jessy on a machine where she exercises her leg. She didn't do this during therapy. But she wanted to do it before she left. It's good to strengthen her legs.

Tomorrow she has an appointment at Bascom Palmer. Mary (Jessy's mom) wanted a second opinion on her eye... Hopefully they can help out more on how Jessy's eye can return to normal.. of course she needs to be able to start blinking again but as long as her cornia is fine then it can all fall into place.

I'll keep you posted!!

p.s. Remember we will be having our garage sale Saturday August 28 from 8am-3pm at the Winston Park clubhouse. If you have anything you would like to donate to the garage sale please e-mail me at jessytraviesofund@gmail.com. You can either drop off everything at Jessy's house or we will go pick it up!!

One man's junk is another man's treasure!

Thanks for all your help! :)

A new week :)

I wanted to start by thanking everyone again for coming on Saturday to our car wash!! It was so great to see everyone there and we had an amazing turn out! It's truly incredible all the support we have gotten!! Everything we do is for Jessy. I know she will be back to her normal self in no time!! As you all saw, she is a super strong girl!! HECK, she even wanted to stand out in the street holding signs to direct everyone into the car wash! We love you Jess and all this is for you princess :)

So today she had her three therapies; occupational, physical and speech.

In Occupational therapy she had to do math problems. She also played ball/catch.

In physical therapy she had to try walking by herself... Don't worry, she didn't start yelling "don't touch me" like in the video. She gets super excited when she starts walking by herself! We all get excited actually.. She's come such a long way in such a short period of time! She also practiced getting up and sitting down by herself. It's good for her to practice this so she doesn't lose her balance or fall to the side.

In speech therapy she practiced talking with some vocal exercises. She had to practice saying words with "sp" and "bl" as well as having to say "ah" and wait until a frog said "ribbit". These exercises are great also because she has to try using bother sides of her mouth.

Tomorrow she has two doctors appointments and her three therapies!!! I'll keep you posted!! :)

Thank You!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this Car Wash a success!!

We appreciate everyone's love and support!!

Jessy is extremely grateful for having all the support of family, friends and teachers!!

Thanks again guys!!

Together we are helping Jessy recover quickly!! :D

I posted the pictures from today on the Facebook Page.. I'm working on getting them posted on here.. It just takes longer.. For all you non-facebookers I'll get the pics up as soon as possible!! :)

CAR WASH TOMORROW!!!

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT OUR CARWASH TOMORROW!!!

WENDY'S AT 14715 SW 42 ST

9AM-2PM

$5.00 EACH CAR!!

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!!!

Jessy Dancing with mom and otti

jessy with her brother :)

Jessy's brother Ottico was walking her and trying to dance with her. Keeping the spirits up!!! :)

DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR CARWASH!!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR FUNDRAISER CAR WASH THIS SATURDAY!!!

SATURDAY, 8/7/10

9:00 AM

WENDY'S @ 14715 SW 42 ST

WITH MUSIC BY DJ TONY T

$5 EACH CAR

***PS*** JESSY WILL BE THERE AT ABOUT 10:30 AM

DON'T TOUCH ME!!!

This is a video of Jessy showing us how she can walk by herself!!

It's been a while!

Sorry I have kept you guys out of the loop!!! But I'm back and with a ton of updates!!!

Let's start with her visit to the ENT doctor! The doctor said there hasn't been much change in her hearing through her left ear. She still can't hear well but that can all have to do with the swelling in her brain. She will have another visit in six months to see if there has been any change in her hearing.

Today she went to the Opthamologist. The doctor said her cornia has gotten a lot better!!! He said to continue putting the drops and wearing her patch so it doesn't dry out and damage it! This is great news because they won't have to sew her eye closed! She will be going to the doctor every week to check her eye. Depending on if she starts gaining back the feeling of her left side and she can start blinking again it will get much better!!

At therapy today Stephanie (her bestfriend) went with her. First she had speech therapy. The therapist checked her homework which was sudoku. She was given an activity which she had to match different names together. She also had a listening activity where the therapist would give her instructions and she had to follow. In physical therapy she played Wii Fit! She had to play the skiing and soccer game. This made her move her hips. Stephy and Mary even played with her! In occupational therapy she had to use her left hand to place little sticks in a small square hole. She also had to draw with her left hand on a whiteboard. Finally, she zipped and buttoned clothes. To end her therapies today, she danced with her therapist and Stephanie!

Jessy is doing such a great job!! We are going to start making the posters for the car wash now!!
We'll post some pics in a few!!!

busy busy busy!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!!! Today Jessy had a busy day, filled with therapies! She had speech, physical therapy and occupational therapy.

In speech therapy she had to use different whistles. This strengthens her mouth, and makes her use both sides of her mouth. It's great because she needs to use not only her right side but so the whistle can work properly she needs to use the left side as well. She had a test where she was asked questions and she had to answer them. This was so the therapist could see how she would talk normally.

During physical therapy, she was given electric shocks on the left side of her face. This stimulates her nerves, so she can eventually gain back the feeling in that side of her face. Next, she had to do some standing exercises. They had her doing something like a squat, but she obviously couldn't go very far down. These exercises are good for her balance and because she needs to practice standing up for longer periods of time. She also walked on the treadmill. She did a really good job at walking straight. She would go off to the side a little bit but would fall back on track.

In Occupational therapy she did activities to stimulate her mind such as "what doesn't belong" . She also had to put a puzzle together using her left hand. These activities are great for Jessy even to do at home, because they allow her to use her left hand while having to pick up specific pieces and place them in the correct spot. She then got on a computer and they put the website "puzzles.com" where she had to work on puzzles on the computer. This is another mind stimulating activity.

SooOOOooOo besides all that she did at therapy, when she got home, she walked around the block with her dad and brother holding her on each side. She walks a lot better when she has someone holding her, rather than using the walker. The therapist actually suggested that when we take her out for walks, to hold her instead of using the walker.

Well, tomorrow Jessy has an appointment with the ENT Doctor (we finally got the name!!) which is the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. Hopefully they will see why she can't hear through her left ear.

We'll keep you posted on what we find out!!!

Jessy Walking around the lake today!

Jessy was tired, but she tried really hard at walking around the lake today. She's doing a great job!

Please join us for a Car Wash!

Join us for a car wash benefiting Jessy's Fix My Booboo Fund!

Hope to see you there!!!

Some more Rummikub

Playing some Rummikub with the family. Jessy is reaching over with her left hand to get the pieces. Good job Jess! :)

Jessy can finally touch her nose with her tongue again!!

Jessy with her padrino Laz!!! She can finally touch her nose with her tongue again!!!

Jessy moving her mouth!!

Church Sunday!!

Jessy went to church today with her mom, dad and two brothers. We have a lot to be thankful for. We have been truly blessed with her recovery efforts and everyones help!