Day 27 - SDR

Morgan had a full day of therapy today, RobALT, etc and seemed pretty tired by the end of her sessions!  I attended a family conference will all of the therapists, providers and doctors on the team here as well as school district on the phone.  They summarized her progress and confirmed discharged date set for next Friday, April 19th.  OT will start sending someone in Wednesday morning to get her doing some self care & dressing on her own and PT to continue working on walking and transitioning.  She will have a wheelchair at discharge (likely for several weeks) and potentially a walker but should hopefully be walking and standing independently for short periods which they do controlled at her therapy sessions.  The Psychologist was also helpful in sharing how she explains and gets feedback from Morgan using pretend play with dolls on what they are doing in therapy, why she has to exercise her arms & core even though her surgery was for her legs, and now will focus on explaining transition back home and school.  Outpatient Physical therapy begins the 22nd will be 5 days per week for 4 weeks and then down to 2-3 days per week and we will start this at Gillette's in Burnsville. Her incision site still has a couple of steri-strips hanging on but doctors/nurses have commented on how well it looks and have been putting fresh Aloe, Vitamin E and Coconut oil on it to help heal and lesson the scarring.  The highlight of her day was getting outside for a short walk on this nice Spring day (getting our fresh air in before the snow later this week!), I pushed her in the wheel chair a few blocks to pick up some snacks at Lunds.  They also had a fun evening activity cutting out and taping the insides/anatomy & decorating :)