Enssle Family

Third week of casting

April 3rd, 2007

We’re in the home stretch now! We have 6 more days of casting left in this round of intensive, constraint-induced therapy. It has been a tough couple of weeks for all of us, but I must say Anna is such a trooper! She’s done amazingly well with the cast and has shown a remarkable amount of patience for a one-year-old. She’s put up with a number of different people poking, prodding, and stretching her, not to mention tolerating a cast on her right arm, a new brace-thingy on her left hand/arm, and a whole bunch of kinesiotape on her shoulder and back. With all equipment and tape we’ve been jokingly calling Anna the bionic baby.

But it’s working!! All the hassle, discomfort and frustration for Miss Anna is paying off. Today I watched her eat grape (cut into quarters, of course) after grape after grape with her left hand with only minimal help from Neal and me. We were so very pleased. And Anna seems to realize that she is doing something great because she has such a look of pride on her face. It is truly a joy to watch! Anna has made so much progress during this period of casting that we are already signing up for another round at Children’s in about six months.

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