I know I've been a blog slacker. Forgive me. Hannah is doing well. She seems to love school. She smiles going in and coming out. They are always doing neat things like stuffing a scarecrow, going on a nature walk, a fall carnival, and practicing trick or treating at school. Her teacher is always telling me what a joy she is and how smart she is. I think school has been very good for Hannah. She is a lot more vocal now, although still not actual words. Also she is at least interested in trying to feed herself. Several times when I have been feeding her she has grabbed the spoon from me. She has a hard time getting it to her mouth, but before she went to school she wasn't even interested in feeding herself. She is really making great strides in her gait trainer. She can now take about 8 to 10 steps in a row when she is highly motivated. For Halloween, Hannah was a princess and I made her wheelchair into a throne. I think she really liked going to our church's Trunks of Treats and watching all the other kids.
Medically, Hannah is about the same. We have seen most of her specialists in the last two months with Neurology and GI still to come in December. One piece of good news, her orthopedist x-rayed her spine and there are no signs of scoliosis. I was worried about that because Hannah has a rib that sticks out. He thinks its just an asymmetric rib. I can live with that. We switched ophthalmologists but the new one doesn't think the crossing is that bad. She said that if we tried to fix it right now we may make it worse by it going out instead of in. So its just a wait and see game right now. She had not been doing her "jumps" (seizures) in quit sometime, so when she ran out of one her seizure meds I wanted to see if maybe she could just stop taking them. However, after a few days off it, she has started jumping again. I am hoping that the DR will call in the prescription tomorrow. She had strep for the first time this week. She seems to be better now.
I guess that's everything for now. Thanks for always keeping Hannah in your prayers. We feel them and appreciate them.