October 13, 2006 - Rehabilitation

• Oct 13 - Friday the 13th and we took our first ambulance ride to Emmanuel. Lillian is to have 4 hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy daily in this inpatient rehabilitation program.


• Oct 16 - Happy 2nd Birthday Lillian!!! Nana, Papa, Grandpa Ken and Auntie M joined us for a small birthday celebration in the hospital atrium.


• Oct 17 - Though we had planned to stay in the inpatient program for 2 weeks, we arranged to change to outpatient day therapy. This enabled us to sleep, eat and play at home while commuting to Emmanuel daily for 3 hours of therapy.


• Oct 23 - Lillian was a new person after a weekend at home. We played, we took walks outside, we slept. The therapists were amazed at her progress.


• Oct 24 - We noticed a drop of fluid leading from the evd incision and immediately drive to Doernbecher's so the neurosurgeons can check it out. They sent her for a quick MRI (no sedation) and informed us that it was clear of signs of hydrocephalus. Phew.