Good morning! Derrick send us another pic this morning of the view from his hotel room. So pretty! Who knew then all that this day would hold for our little girl...
Early enough that Derrick hadn't even arrived at the hospital, Katelyn's surgical team came to remove her drain and re-dress her incision. This was not a pleasant experience for her or me - I had to help hold her still and then actually help re-dress the wound because, frankly, we needed two sets of hands to hold her still and apply the tape in the right place. Even with my trying to help, it still didn't get done right the first time and I had to fix it after she'd calmed down. But... with that over and her incision looking healthy, we were able to move on to the rest of our day, which proved to be quite interesting!
We decided to sign Katelyn out of her floor to have lunch as a family downstairs. Baby girl was in much need of a bath before we went so we attempted our first sponge bath with a wiggly 18 month old. She did great and we got her all clean and even got her hair washed and dried!
walking
The biggest news is Katelyn's mobility is returning by leaps and bounds - literally! She's been bouncing away inside her hospital crib, crawling on the floor chasing toys, and for the first time, today she walked across the room holding Derrick's hands! Check out the video below to see how good she looks - notice that she's using both legs evenly, both feet are flat on the floor (no tip-toes), and she moves her left leg back and forth like normal! This is a HUGE improvement to her and definitely an answer to everyone's prayers!
In our continuing efforts to help Katelyn understand what's happening to her, we finally found and bought her a toy doctor's kit. We brought it home from lunch and she took to it right away. We did pretend exams on all her dolls and showed her how each piece works. Then we would do the same things on her. Hopefully she will start making the connection that these things won't "hurt" her and she doesn't have to be afraid!
She was feeling so good after lunch we decided to find one of the playrooms in the hospital. Turns out there's one right down the hall from our room - who knew - but we got there a little early. She could see through the glass doors to all the toys and was VERY eager to be let inside. While we waited for it to open, we made use of the low handrails to get in some more walking practice. She did so great!
Once inside, her progress continued - she walked and/or crawled all over the room looking at the different stations set up! She finally made herself comfortable in a section of toys for younger children - things she could ride or play with from the floor.Then the craziest thing happened - an entourage of adults came in and announced they would be filming in our playroom and asked parents to sign releases for the children. Then Andre Gurode from the Dallas Cowboys walked in! He played with the kids all afternoon, took pictures with some of the older ones, and signed autographs!!! Check out Katelyn's autograph from Andre!
more pics
As always, more pics will be in the Facebook album (for those who have access), including some great shots of her in the doctor's kit glasses!
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