Occupational Therapy Eval

(Marian waiting to go back to meet her therapist)

(Mary asleep in the car after an hour of therapy)

Marian had her initial evaluation with her OT (Occupational Therapist) this morning. I'm listening to ASMR videos on YouTube as I write this and it's very difficult to concentrate, lol.

So we had originally thought that Mary's right wrist was locked up, possibly permanently. This morning, during therapy, we were told that her wrist may not be locked at the bone, but instead it may just be that the muscle became to badly weakened and allowed her wrist to dislocate and grow that way. So in other words, with therapy, she may be able to get it back into the correct position and retrain her wrist to function normally again.

Great News!! I was terrified that she was never going to have a chance at regaining the use of her wrist, but now we at least have hope. :)

Mary will have a total of 8 therapy visits with Decatur Hand and Physical Therapy, after that we will be maintaining the therapy at home. The OT also mentioned that she would like to see Mary out of the wheelchair and instead using a walker that has a seat for resting when she needs it. She is afraid that her legs will do what her wrist did if she continues to stay off of them for 8 hours a day. SO now we ask Dr. B about a walker.

The therapist was amazing. She was soft spoken and very gentle. She was understanding and didn't push Mary if Mary couldn't do something. She gently worked her wrist into moving, which was great, we were scared she was going to push her too far too fast. She worked with her and even though it did hurt Marian, she didn't stop the therapy, she just told her it was hurting and the therapist would stop. But she was also able to move her wrist way more today than I have seen her move it in more than a year. Big, BIG steps forward today. I cannot wait to see where she is after 8 sessions.

The OT is recommending physical therapy for Mary's hips, ankles, legs and back as well. So we will see how that goes. The school mentioned bringing in a PT soon too, so hopefully that will happen sometime after holiday break. It would be wonderful to see her using her wrist and walking more than she's sitting. :)

She had a good day today. She wanted to go to school after therapy, so we raced to Stockbridge from Decatur and got her there just in time. After school, we went to pick up Cameron, when we got home they played for a few hours outside. I love that she gets outside and gets her exercise in when he's here. I am so thankful for this kid. :) <3