emerson update

emmy's physio therapist and occupational therapist came last week. i forgot to mention it. we got some great news! her PT won't be coming any more as emmy has managed to catch up. she is walking and seems to be on track! i'm really happy about this, but also sad because i really loved our PT. she was great to work with... i would like to somehow let her know this... perhaps sending a card or flowers. any ideas???

the OT was also great, she thinks emerson is almost on track except for a few things so she will come back one more time, but otherwise she seems to be doing great! what a relief, as we weren't sure on how emmy would be in this department!

as for her speech, emerson still isn't talking, however she just in the last day or 2 has starting repeating sounds, not quite words. for eg. we say "uh oh" when she drops something, and she says, "ah ah" back to us... so she says 2 seperate 'words' just not quite the same sounds. it's exciting though! she is trying to say a few other little things too, one i think is, "grandpa" but it sounds like, "uh ba!" also, she says, "ba ba" a lot and often she says it while hugging a baby or a stuffed animal. maybe that is "baby" ?? she is slowly coming along... i'll have to try to get some video of her sounds.

we had an appointment today at the hospital with the home nutrition support team. (she sees them still because she has her g-tube) -- it went well, nothing really to report. it's sort of pointless to see them because she's not using her tube, but we all get caught up to date on emmy's meds, what is new, etc. so i guess that's good.

friday she goes for a hearing test at the hospital just to rule that out. (as to why she isn't saying words yet) it's early but still good to get done.