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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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!! :)