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! :)