PT Pass

Last week James had another evaluation from the physical therapist, at our request. (Of course, in between when we requested the eval and when it actually happened, he started doing a lot more walking!) The PT was the same one who did his original evaluation way back when he first came home from the hospital, and she is awesome. We were excited to get to see her again.

And she said that James is doing great, and that she's not worried about anything. She was excited about all his walking, and although she gave us some suggestions for exercises to do to help him keep increasing his balance and skill, she said it looked like all the right skills were developing and that this was in the normal timeframe for his adjusted age. Yay!

We didn't mention this before, but James's progress in this area makes us especially happy because back when he was in the hospital, one of the things we were told he was at risk for was motor problems. Specifically, the doctor said, "When it comes time to crawl, he might not crawl. When it comes time to walk, he might not walk. Or he might be completely fine. We just won't know until the time comes." So although we were pretty sure early on that this wasn't going to be a worst case scenario, that whole "might never walk" possibility was still a little source of worry. But now, he's obviously walking! (Still doing a lot of crawling, too, but that's okay.) So, rock on, James!!

We didn't get the first thing in the morning time slot for his ear tube surgery tomorrow; he's scheduled for 11:30 AM instead. Mike is happy not to have to get up at the crack of dawn, but it's a bummer because James can't have any food after midnight and no liquids after 8 AM, so it probably won't be a very happy morning for him.