Working Hard and Playing Hard!

With every physical therapy session I am amazed at what Caitlin can do. Today she was stood up and walked, with much assistance, eight steps to the door of her hospital room. It is great to see her upright. The therapists say that each day Caitlin is physically doing more of the work in sitting and standing. Of course after she gets back in bed she crashes!
Today both the OT and CT worked with Caitlin on feeding herself and swallowing the food. But give the girl cream of wheat cereal and the eating doesn't go very well. Give her a chocolate shake and there is a whole different level of motivation to get that spoon to her mouth! During dinner tonight Caitlin's friend, Fatima, was there. Caitlin always says Fatima is making Caitlin fat because Fatima cooks good food and shares it with Caitlin at lunchtime. Once Fatima saw Caitlin eat tonight she went right home and made her some rice pudding and her special rice. Fatima was going to puree it and bring it for her breakfast tomorrow morning. I am sure the eating of breakfast will be a much bigger success!
While visiting with her dad, Caitlin got the biggest kick out of using a laser light. She and her dad laughed and laughed as they shot the laser out in the hallway at people as they walked by. Caitlin was using it tonight and had a great aim from her bed out into the hallway! We put George and Debbie out there as the targets! When Debbie was talking about Manogue's upcoming victories in basketball Caitlin took her thumb and index finger and formed an "L". She then picked up her hand and faced it at Debbie for "Loser"! We got a great laugh at that one!
So many connections and so many discoveries are making each day worthy of celebration!