Busy but good day!

Glad that I'm starting to sleep better and feel more rested the last couple days. We are able to attend HBOT sessions 6 days this week which makes it VERY busy but worth it for the jump start in healing. Next week we will be back to a more "normal" schedule, if you can call it that, but less trips across town which will be a nice break compared to these 10 days or so.


Arianna seemed much more laid back today in the capsule - she needed no prompts to climb in, didn't get too hyper about the upcoming noise while pressurizing, laid her head with me on the pillow to watch her movie and was in quite a chatty mood as well. Her eye contact is much more direct now and when I asked her what she did at Grandma's this morning she told me "swimming in water park" which means she was in the little pool outside. It's nice to have a true response...just goes to show that her brain is able to process better already. Tiny improvements are great! Each small step brings us closer and closer to Arianna being able to learn and communicate better. I've also noticed less hand stemming the past few days but I did catch her spinning something when alone in her room listening to music tonight. :O(

Another blessing is coming our way! Probably in the next week or so Arianna will be getting an evaluation from an Occupational Therapist, at no cost to us, to see where she's at and get an idea of areas she needs more help. A speech therapist has also offered to do an evaluation as well as do some one on one speech therapy sessions with Arianna before she starts school in the fall - again at no cost to us. They would like to see her benefit from a combination of therapies after her HBOT is completed to give her a jump start for the coming school year. Again it amazes me how many people REALLY CARE about helping others and giving their time to do so.

Well it's bath time now which USED to be a stressful task especially with hair washing. NOW it's a FUN time enjoyed by us both which makes this mom very happy. :O)