 |
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 07:59 PM MST
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We sure did! We had so much to celebrate this year. Lauren is healthy, and has made so much wonderful progress since her transplant.
Brian and Carrie have been settling into their new house. (Carrie even managed to decorate for Christmas.) Lauren did amazingly well during the move, and has been sleeping in her own room since the first night. I'm sure the brand new bedroom set and pretty pink and yellow decor that her Mia and Poppa did for her were great incentive. They still have not been able to get Brian's computer going so that is why I am writing the update this month.
Lauren's ABA therapy has continued well, and they had a re-assessment with all of her doctors and therapists today to fine-tune her protocol. She is making really good progress. I can notice a big difference with her communication and pronunciation. She is using sentences correctly, and understands more and more questions and commands. This month she also started hippotherapy, which means therapy with the help of a horse. Everyone was skeptical of how Lauren would react to the horse, but she surprised us all by loving it. As soon as she saw the horses, she grew excited, and was thrilled to be able to ride one. The therapists have her help prepare the horse for riding, and then to brush him afterwards. If you would like to know more about this treatment, you can check "www.americanhippotherapyassociation.org" and click "What is Hippotherapy". Also, for information on ABA therapy, check out www.centerforautism.com/aba.
Lauren is continuing with the genestein and seems to tolerate it well. She had a couple of days that she wasn't feeling well this past month, but recovered more quickly than before. Nathan had a little bug that Lauren didn't even get. She has also started with her re-immunization process.
The Reed family wishes you all a very blessed holiday season, and a wonderful 2006. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for following Lauren's journey this past year, for your heartfelt guestbook entries, and especially for all of your prayers for our family. God bless you!
Donna (Brian's mother)
Archives
|
|
 |
