Week 5 ...

begins. Issac was not there so it took longer than usual. But we still got out in decent time.

Grace continues to make progress - tho this week not as much as I hoped for. Mary told me she is doing better than expected at this point and her progress for this week, tho less than usual, is considered very good. One great thing - her gait is greatly improved. Mary was VERY happy with it.

I'm wondering if her slower progress is due to our not doing exercises on Saturday and Sunday. We were in Michigan at my brother's place and I didnt want to seperate her out from the other kids. We did manage to start a set but she was so sad about it that I let her go. Maybe I should have hardened my heart to her? Well whats done is done.

Another thing. We were not doing exercises on Mondays. I had been in the habit of not doing exercises with her on days she had therapy and I automatically swung into that mode. This week and last week I did do exercises two times. We skipped the morning set. And after sitting there for so many hours, I dont think I really could get her to do the extra set in the time left to us in the day.

I asked Mary if it would make a difference if we did more therapy beyond the 60 minutes. She answered they didnt know because they ahve not studied it but theoretically, if the kid is taking it okay, adding exercises should help. I really meant adding like 5 minutes if its going very well and feels short - like when we are outside. Four sessions with five minutes added are like having an entire session. The most important thing here is not burning Grace out on the exercise.

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