Physical therapy

The physical therapist came by this morning to see Riley. We haven't had too many positive experiences with her, Riley is usually grumpy. A few days ago she took us to the PT playroom and Riley was very frustrated and disappointed that it wasn't the "real" playroom. He wasn't happy to see her this morning but she brought him a bunch of Matchbox cars and told him she'd be back. That immediately put her on his good side and after some time in the playroom he asked to see her again (and to go to her "special playroom").

She spent about 20 minutes with him. At first he said he wanted to stand, but then he changed his mind. But she got him sitting up in the wagon on his own and reaching to play with puzzles and a magnetic pad. His fine motor skills are very good, almost back to where they were before surgery. It appears that he's capable of doing more than what he wants to do. He doesn't want to sit up, but yet he was doing a fine job of it when he didn't realize he was doing it. Tomorrow she's going to come see him again and we'll try standing.

No real updates on the medical front. The nurse practitioner came by today and is pleased with the reduction in drainage. There was about 25-50cc from each tube this morning. She wants to see 15-20cc total before they consider removing the tubes. Once the tubes are out, we'll probably go home the following day. So even though we're headed in the right direction, we're still 10X where we need to be.