Precious Prayer Warriors,
Forgive me for neglecting this blog for the past several months. There is a lot going on right now. Without going into detail please pray for Hannah's dad, Ben. We are also in the process of trying to move to a house that is more suitable for Hannah. Please pray that it will close very soon, so that we can move as soon as school gets out.
Okay, on to Hannah now. Despite all that is going on, Hannah is really flourishing. The EEG she had in January really didn't show any new information, but her seizure meds seem to be controlling her seizures pretty well right now. Hannah is loving school. She is riding the school bus now which makes her giggle every morning when she gets on the bus. At school, she is still teacher's pet which I love. I recently had her IEP meeting to discuss her goals for this year and set goals for next year. She met all her goals this year except head control. Her goals for next year will be expanding on this year's goals, as well as working toward getting a communication device to help her "talk" through a computer. I expressed that my goal for Hannah by the time she goes to Kindergarten is that she will qualify for an Orthopedic-Impaired (OI) Class. This class's curriculum is very close to a typical Kindergarten class, but it is modified to meet the student's physical needs. Her teacher said she was glad I said that because that is her goal for Hannah as well. It is so nice to be on the same page with her teacher educationally. All things being equal Hannah will be in her class again next year.
Outside of school, Hannah is continuing her physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Last week in PT Hannah walked in her gait trainer to where her play kitchen was. After she played there briefly she kept turning to the corner. Finally the therapist noticed some dress up clothes, and asked Hannah if she wanted to play dress up. Her hand shot up for a yes. So we put her in one outfit. After turning around in that outfit for a while, she headed back to the corner. The therapist ask Hannah if she wanted to change outfits and that hand shot up again. I loved this because how typical for a 3 yr old to want to play dress up. The next day in OT she was having a tea party with a stuffed bunny rabbit. The OT kept trying to get Hannah to feed the bunny some play food. She tried a banana, a pepper, and a french fry. Each thing Hannah would let go and not feed the bunny. Finally the OT gave her a carrot (which she was trying to avoid b/c it is an odd shape) Hannah grabbed the carrot and immediately feed the bunny the carrot. I guess she knew that bunnies eat carrots. This is just shows that mentally she is very close to a typically developing 3 yr old. Hannah is also participating in a special needs dance class thanks to an anonymous donor that paid for it. She loves it. She will be in the recital in June. Keep posted for pictures from that. If the donor is reading this, thank you so much!
Thank you all of the prayers. Even though I haven't updated this in a long time, I know that there are so many people praying for this sweet little girl. Please continue. I know God has huge plans for HIS precious child.
