Sam Starts Therapy

In what was nothing short of a miracle, (I'll explain in a minute) Sam started therapy on Tuesday. She is going to the Good Samaritan Children's Therapy Unit, which is amazing. It is fairly new, totally current and has a wonderful reputation. It's said to be better than some of the pediatric hospital's therapy programs in the area. All great, but that means we were told there is a six month, to a year, waiting list. Sam was moved to the top of the list, but they told us to expect to wait a couple of months, then Sam would get in physical therapy (which would be better than nothing) and then in a few more months, an occupational therapy (what she really needs)spot would open up. In three weeks total, Sam is now in occupational therapy. Her first session was on Tuesday. It was an evaluation, so I'm still not really sure what OT is like for a six month old. I have to say I'm curious... After months of not seeing any changes in Sam's development, she has been making some progress the last couple of weeks. Which is so fun. It's like a party every time she does something new. However, she is still at a 2.5 delay (I'm not sure exactly what that means, we are still learning, but that's a large delay, we are told) She doesn't use her left arm and hand like she should and doesn't move her arms to the midline. She is working very, very hard just to hold herself up and not fall over, and just do do the normal things. She doesn't have good muscle tone or development. She also doesn't make eye contact if you are too close to her. She'll only do it across the room, and then she loves to smile at you. So what does all this mean? We don't know. These are just the symptoms of... something... She has an appointment on the 26th of this month with a pediatric neurologist and I'm hoping we might have an idea of what we're looking at after that. It's comforting to know that our Heavenly Father is watching over our daughter and opening doors for her.

In related news... Tom's start date for his new job in Idaho has been moved to July 19th (from April 12th) as we need to evaluate what is best for Sam and we just don't have enough information yet to make that kind of decision. Luckily, his boss wants him to stay here and we have the freedom to either make the transfer or deny it without repercussion. Another blessing from our Father in Heaven. We are aware of His love and compassion and caring on a daily basis. The doors of Heaven really do open for us. All we have to do is be looking and the blessings will be there. Even when it seems hard, we are surrounded by our Savior's love. Always.