With most of our relatives living in Colorado, our family spent a very intimate time alone at home Christmas Day! It was wonderful being together again.
Earlier this week I was trying to motivate Luke to work a little harder in PT. I told him that if he didn't, Santa would bring him coal....further explaining what coal was. He hadn't mentioned it since, but, the first thing Luke said when he woke up in bed Christmas morning was, "did Santa bring me any presents?" When I told him "Yes!", Luke looked relieved. He then said, "I had a plan for the coal, I would just sweep it into the trash and play with my other toys." I guess I made an impression on him. . . . . . poor kid!
Luke had "at home" physical therapy assignments to work on with Mom and Dad throughout the day between eating, opening presents and playing. Mom is very happy to report that we stayed on track and were able to accomplish a lot of PT during our play. We did some tall kneeling, practiced crawling (spotting Luke's hips was required so they wouldn't fall from side to side). We did side-sitting with a supporting arm and with no arms. Luke also spent a lot of time laying prone on his wedge that we brought home from the hospital. (Zach even got some prone time in as well next to Luke.) Luke had a chart of four different exercises to complete and we did that, too!
At one point, when Luke was playing with his Thomas the Train set, he became very frustrated when trying to position himself comfortably. He broke down with a few tears and moaned, "Why did they have to disconnect my body??" I hadn't quite heard him put it that way, but I stopped what I was doing and attempted an explanation that seemed to satisfy him.
Back to our regular schedule on Friday at the hospital! Two weeks down, four more to go!
Earlier this week I was trying to motivate Luke to work a little harder in PT. I told him that if he didn't, Santa would bring him coal....further explaining what coal was. He hadn't mentioned it since, but, the first thing Luke said when he woke up in bed Christmas morning was, "did Santa bring me any presents?" When I told him "Yes!", Luke looked relieved. He then said, "I had a plan for the coal, I would just sweep it into the trash and play with my other toys." I guess I made an impression on him. . . . . . poor kid!
Luke had "at home" physical therapy assignments to work on with Mom and Dad throughout the day between eating, opening presents and playing. Mom is very happy to report that we stayed on track and were able to accomplish a lot of PT during our play. We did some tall kneeling, practiced crawling (spotting Luke's hips was required so they wouldn't fall from side to side). We did side-sitting with a supporting arm and with no arms. Luke also spent a lot of time laying prone on his wedge that we brought home from the hospital. (Zach even got some prone time in as well next to Luke.) Luke had a chart of four different exercises to complete and we did that, too!At one point, when Luke was playing with his Thomas the Train set, he became very frustrated when trying to position himself comfortably. He broke down with a few tears and moaned, "Why did they have to disconnect my body??" I hadn't quite heard him put it that way, but I stopped what I was doing and attempted an explanation that seemed to satisfy him.
Back to our regular schedule on Friday at the hospital! Two weeks down, four more to go!
