In the past 2 months, we have noticed huge changes in Ailyn! The eye surgery still proves to be the very best thing we have done for her.
Her gross motor is a lot more controlled. She LOVES to be upright now. She loves to stand, loves to walk with her walker. Her balance is still off but we do see an improvement. Ailyn seems to concentrate on things more now. A book is more interesting. Her favorite thing to do is watch Sesame Street. It's fun to watch it with her and see all the things she is looking at. She will sign things she's sees. She even counts now!!!!
Art projects are still very messy. But, more enjoyable. Her attention span is a bit longer. I can tell she can see what she is doing now.
She asks to use her walker now! Where before she would turn to jello if we made her walk with it. We even bring it to all her appointments. She walks all the way! And, the children's hospital is a far walk to her therapies!
She is so proud of herself for walking too. She looks back to see how far she has walked. We are getting more hours with her braces each day.
We started working with a therapy dog once a week during PT. SO awesome! Ailyn loves animals. I knew she would respond very well. Last week she took 8 controlled steps to Yuba, the dog!!!! 8!!! I cried.
Yuba is so good with Ailyn. He is 2 1/2 and such a sweetheart. He loves attention from anyone, but knows when he is with Ailyn, he has to work. We look forward to our PT days now!
Ailyn LOVES her babies. She pretends to feed the baby and even talks to the baby. It's so cute to watch.
Above is Ailyn asking the baby if she wants a sippy cup. That's her made up sign. The baby said "yes" and then Ailyn signed "All done". I know this doesn't sound like much. And, for the typical child, it's normal. But, to see Ailyn make conversation with "someone" other than me is so awesome to see. Now I am convinced she can and will learn to play with her peers.
Ailyn has been having ear infections (with tubes) once a month. Her ENT has decided it's time to take her tonsils out. So on August 7th, Ailyn will be having surgery.
I'm hoping for more awesome updates!!! I love happy news! Makes all the bad news just a little easier to handle.
