Joy climbed stairs today! She went up easily and quickly.....then she was afraid to come down. Like a kitten in a tree, nothing we tried would coax her down.....finally she sat on the top step, and came down one by one on her bottom. Still progress, I guess! Then the next PT came in and said she wanted to work on stairs!!!! Instead Joy played video games while her knee was bent. There were tears. Next OT session Joy got to bake cookies!! That was fun and easy, though Joy thought the cookies were overcooked, and only ate the tops off! Then lunch, a visit with the clowns, mommy had a nap, and was awakened by the OT at 2:10 saying we were late?? We had nothing on the schedule till 2:30? Someone updated the schedule and forgot to tell us. Joy walked to the gym and played Wii. The last PT let her keep playing Wii while working on the knee bends. More tears. At 4, I put Joy on the CPM for an hour, up to 50 for the last ten minutes....but the screaming got so loud, we stopped. Mommy tried to nap some more, and Paul showed up with dinner. More CPM from 9-10, only up to 43. Joy got her pain meds at 10, and pin-care began around 11. The nurse was real gentle, and tried her best to get Joy to help out. By the end, when the pins were being wrapped, Joy was screaming uncontrollably. I had to capture some of her pained expressions for posterity.......Will pin-care ever get easier????? She's passed out now, thank goodness for the quiet.
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