Another Breakthrough

Cute Little Girl in the window


Coming Through

We had a fabulous day all around. It started with a great attitude about school and therapy from Josie this morning. She could hardly wait to go back to school. I think she has a little crush on the boy who works next to her in the room. Whatever motivates her to want to go to school at this point works for me. When I picked her up, she was excited to go to therapy. She was her happy, chipper self. She obviously feels so much better. Her first round of walking was so strong and sturdy. She walked slower but with great precision. She is walking further distances in shorter amounts of time. We do need to pick up speed. I forget how fast the other kids are and how fast the classroom moves. After walking she practiced standing up from the bench. This just really seemed to click today. During the last round, Przemek told her when she stands up to stay up as long as she could. Remember she doesn't have on her knee immobilizers in this exercise like she does when she practices her independent standing. I was hoping she could just hold it for 5 seconds and I think Przemek thought about the same. She bounces up and holds it for about 30 seconds. We couldn't believe it. She didn't understand why we were so excited. We made her do it again and although she didn't get to 30 she did pretty well. I have it on video below. She shocks us in her abilities in some places and then leaves us in awe of why she can't conquer things in other areas that we would think would be simple for her. She will always be a great mystery in many ways. It makes her who she is.

It was a gorgeous Michigan day with the weather at 70 degrees. I figure Mother Nature owes us one after the past few days we had. We went for a little walk with Jeanie, Roger and Theo before dinner. Josie is still walking herself all over the house and is getting quicker. I can tell she is proud of herself, she just won't admit it. She got to be on time tonight and hopefully a good nights rest will lead us right into another award winning day. Off to bed, so I can cheer her on again tomorrow. Night, Jenny and Josie

In this video she isn't touching the bench even though it looks like it on here.