Friday, January 6, 2012

MY KID ROCKS, BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW



If you don't like to read blogs where people yammer on and on about how fabulous and cool their kids are, then I suggest you skip this post. Colby had a great 1st week back to school after break! His PT came on Monday. She took this Aquaplast stuff and fixed Colby a little "ledge" to hold the turning switch on this power chair (right hand.) I think it's working better than the other way it was rigged up. Seems we're ALWAYS fine tuning something on that chair. It was warm enough here today to get him out for a while and let him drive around the parking lot. Yep, he went for the speed bumps, and for a couple of parked vehicles too. Don't know what it's going to take so that kid stops or turns before running into something. Only time will tell on that I suppose, but overall he did a nice job on driving.

He's been doing some really cool stuff on his eye gaze. Progress, love it! At school the other day, he told his speech therapist he was "bored." Then someone came up to Colby and was talking to him, fussing over him, kissing on his hand, and he said with his eye gaze, "please, stop, please, please." Now that's freakin' funny. And this is the coolest, he made a 4-word sentence, "I want Spongebob please." Then his nurse told me this: his eye gaze was hooked up and his nurse was driving his chair down the hall. They were getting ready to turn the corner and go into the classroom and Colby looked at his eye gaze and said, "I turn." Seriously, can you believe that? I asked his nurse if she was sure that's what she said and she said yes. Oh my, I'm just busting with pride. Maybe, just MAYBE after all this time, this eye gaze stuff is finally clicking with Colby.

We got his school pictures back this week (see pic.) Isn't he adorable? He has the most beautiful big, brown eyes. Got that wild faux hawk hairdo going on. And that 1 big shiny tooth up front (thanks again Kosair.) And behind that 1 big shiny tooth you will see a blue tongue. Yep, blue. Obviously it must've been give Colby a sucker while at school day along with picture day.

I've been pretty darn busy. Was able to pick up some extra hours at the hospital. I'm proud to say it's day 6 of the new year and I've done 6 days of Bible readings, so far so good with that goal. I've been working diligently to K.I.S.S. The Christmas decorations are down except for the tree, and that'll get done tomorrow. I went through every single decoration and down sized, right down to the tissue paper and name tags. Goodwill is going to love me next week. Went from 5 plastic tubs of stuff down to 3. Yep, that's how I roll. Gettin' rid of the clutter, and loving it.

People have been asking me about the magazine article with Colby's article. OMGoodness, it's fabulous! Maggie did a great job! Colby's story has 12 pictures over 7 pages. I've looked at it like 20 times. The name of the magazine is THIS…is Louisville. It's a free publication and is being distributed at many locations here in Louisville. Maggie was also interviewed by LEO magazine and by a local radio station. She even gave SMA a shout out in the LEO interview. Here is the link to read that: http://leoweekly.com/ae/art-louisville. The magazine is not available online yet, but you can "like" THIS… on Facebook to get updates, or got to thisislouisville.blogspot.com or @thisisLOUville. And if you really, really want a copy and can't get to Louisville to get it, let me know and I'll mail you one. I have several I need to mail to family.

Okay, going to bed. Need to get rested in order to tackle that Christmas tree tomorrow. Have a good weekend everyone.

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