Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

AAhh.. the end of Week 4..we are kind of in autopilot mode now. Brennen is really in an eating groove right now and that helps make the days go fast. He loves all of the different therapies he is going to. Our room at the Ronald Mcdonald House is decorated with all kinds of different pumpkin crafts he has made in either preschool, recreational therapy, or occupational therapy. It is great!

The Occupational Therapist gave me some ideas to try to help de-sensitize Brennen's feet before we cut his toe-nails. If you remember from earlier posts, Brennen hates to have his feet messed with; including trimming his toe-nails. She suggested taking off his socks and have him jump up and down to put some pressure and feeling on his feet. He can jump up and down on the bed, the floor, a trampoline, whatever; the point is to put some feeling in his feet before we try and trim his nails. She said this exercise could take up to 15-20 minutes, especially the first time we do it.
Once his feet have been sort of "de-sensitized" then we can trim his nails.

I will try that this weekend because that has always been a battle. Another assignment for this weekend is to feed Brennen ham. I will be a mad scientist in my kitchen trying to get ham as pureed as I can. This should be interesting... Feeding therapy is much easier when you have a staffed kitchen and nurses available.

p.s. I love camera cell-phones. Kristin will take videos of Sophia and send them to me. I love being able to see her throughout the day. Thanks Kristin!!

Have a good weekend everyone! Let's hope everyone stays out of the hospital..