October 22, 2007 - Doubts

I'm not so sure I like Brianna's daycare provider. She seems nice enough and all. But when I went to pick her up this evening, I was about half an hour early. It was 9:45pm, and Brianna was still up. Usually when I go to pick her up, she's in bed. Then again, usually when I go to pick her up, it's closer to 10:30pm. So was tonight just a fluke? Or does the daycare lady only put her to bed a little before I get there? I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she tried to put Brianna down, but she screamed bloody murder. Brianna does that at times, especially when she has had a really good nap during the day, and is not ready for bed yet.

Really, I don't know how much longer I'm going to need the daycare provider. I'm going back to school in December, so I will need someone to watch Brianna while I'm in class, but I really don't know if I'm going to be working until then. I'm THINKING I'll keep working till December 1st. But the daycare is going to be closed from Nov 19 through Thanksgiving weekend. So I won't be able to work during that week, which really might end up causing issues. Then again, if I don't qualify for the apartment subsidy, after nagging my boss to fill out the paperwork so that I can get it, I will have to quit working anyway. There's no telling when another subsidy might open up, and I really need it before I start my classes, because I won't be working while I'm going to school. Argh! So frustrating! Heck, I just need a man! Someone to take care of me, and help me through these hard times.

October 18, 2007 - Amazing Day!

Oh my goodness, todays therapy session was amazing! It was our first session with her new PT at Shriner's, and we got there about an hour early, so we got to get about half an hour of extra therapy. Since she hadn't yet met Brianna, the PT wanted to do her own mini-evaluation and give her own opinions about Brianna's prognosis and what our goals should be. After doing the mini-eval, we tried Brianna in two pieces of equipment: a walkabout and a power chair. She did so well in both! She lasted for about half an hour in each one, and was quite happy! Though she couldn't really go too far in the walkabout, since I didn't bring her shoes to go over her braces (I'll remember to do that next time), she was getting the concept, and was trying to take steps. She was doing wonderfully with head control, too! So amazing! And then...we tried the powerchair! Brianna was using her head to control it, tooling up and down those halls like it was second nature! The PT said she's seen ten year olds who don't grasp it so quickly! I didn't know whether I wanted more to laugh or to cry, it was so amazing! So the PT is going to go ahead and request funding for a walkabout for Brianna, from Wheels to Walk. That should take about three or four months. And they're going to put her on a "needs" list for funding for a power chair through Title V and another resource they have. Meanwhile, the wheelchair vender is going to keep an eye out for a used wheelchair base for her, so that we can cut the cost in half and hopefully get funding quicker that way. In the meantime, EI is supposed to be working on getting a manual wheelchair, a tilt and something, for her to use once she starts going to school. I swear, this has been a great week for therapy!