Dec 15, 2007

Home Life

It sure has been nice to be home. Even though we can't have visitors, it has still been good. Livie is doing really well in her own enviroment. She remembers most things. She still isn't walking, she starts therapy Tues. but today I got her to crawl by coaxing her with crackers. It worked like a charm! She is slow and its hard for her, but she did it. She even pulled herself up to the couch in standing position (because there was another cracker up there!)
Alyvia still gets really agitated, she can't handle a lot of stimulus. She is also really swollen from the steroids (thank goodness she is off of them now.) In time the agitation should get better and the swelling should go down.
Her vision is doing quite a bit better, I think she can see a lot more clear and a lot more often. She also passed her hearing test at the hospital. She will still have to have regular hearing checkups because she has the potential to lose her hearing during the next 6 mos (because of the spinal meningitis) but hopefully that doesn't happen.
Right now we are just enjoying being home! I actually just finished unpacking from the hospital (I thought we were going to have to rent a U-haul to take all our stuff home! haha)
Alyvia's lungs are getting better every day, she doesn't have a cough anymore and her C-Diff is finally getting better. Livie just needs time to heal, and then when she's all better we'll be able to see everyone that we can't see now.
**THANK YOU everyone for all the love and support** We couldn't have made it this far without it.

4 comments:

Liz said...

We laughed about the cracker motivation! I still say she's holding out on us with the walking thing. I'm excited you got a Christmas tree. I think Alyvia will enjoy the lights. We miss her ooodles! We will miss you at the parties but totally understand.

Love you
Mom

Hillary said...

sounds like things are going well so far. I am sure she will do so well now that she is in her own environment! Good luck!

JC Photography said...

Megan,
We're soooo glad you guys have made it home. What a blessing. I bet that's the best Christmas present you've ever had. Let us know if we can help you with anything. Merry Christmas. Give Alyvia a hug for us!
The Cooks

Liora said...

we are so excited that you guys are home and for all the progress Livie is making!!You are in our prayers and we are still rooting for you guys!!

Heber and Liora