Jan 2, 2008

However, these past few days have been the best we've had, it's like we have our little girl back!
Alyvia started walking!! Her walking is a little awkward and slow, but she is walking!(: She does have Clonus (neurological involuntary muscle spasms) in her right foot (her right side is her weak side) so this makes it a little harder to walk, and she has a hard time pulling her feet in.
Last night Livie was loving pulling herself up to things and walking a few steps and even trying to jump, afterwards she was wheezing pretty hard, I am hoping this is just because she hasn't used her lungs in months! Hopefully now that she is more active her lungs will open up more. (Parts of them have closed off)

Walking all by herself!

Not only is Livie walking, she is just SO much more like her old self. What she says, what she does, her little attitude, its totally Livie. Its like she all the sudden remembered everything she used to do. Yesterday I found her in the bathroom going through all the drawers and cupboards playing in my makeup. Then she got into the DVD stack and pulled all the DVDs out. She also got into the filing cabinet....she pretty much destroyed the house and it was good to see her do it, to see her remember where everything is. This is exactly what Alyvia used to do on a regular basis, it's so good to see Livie being herself in everything she does. It's almost like something in her brain clicked....and now we have our Livie Bug back.

These are her favorite boots, she makes me put them on her everyday!

4 comments:

Tara said...

Such adorable pictures. It is so good to hear that she is doing so well. That is awesome. You are the bestest mom, that's what's kept her going.

The Turnarounds said...

I am so happy and glad that Alyvia is turning more and more into the little girl that you knew before the surgery. With the days going by it continues to get better and better! ...I understand how you feel with your pictures. There are pictures that I still have a really hard time looking at, and there are also pictures that I never took, for it was too hard to see my daughter not looking like my "little Paigie's."

Hillary said...

She looks so good. You sound so happy in your post. Keep it up Alyvia!

Mikelle said...

I'm so happy for you and your family. It's just going to keep getting better. Alyvia is such a doll, and your amazing!