Apologies for the lack of blog posts, I won’t bore you with the details but let’s just say our colds got alot worse before they got better! I missed out on a couple of great events I was invited/booked in for this past week, and I’ve made it a point to not let that happened again. Stay healthy, stay positive.
Today was Jovie’s first occupational therapy assessment 🙂 To say I’m excited to get started is an understatement, but I’m also anxious about what the OT will report back to us. It’s no surprise to me what Jovie can and can’t do, but hearing it from a professional in professional/medical terms is tough.
I find it hard to place expectations on Jovie but I think over time that will make me lazy, if that makes sense? It’s like saying ‘I’ll never be successful at playing tennis’, you’ll never be successful if you don’t believe it at some point.
This first assessment today went as expected – Jovie didn’t really show any interested in toys, bubbles or whistles. The hammock was too much for her (maybe too enclosed?) but she did love the big tire swing alot. Not at first, but the OT and I kept at it and she ended up being there for a while. She introduced ‘stop’ and ‘more’ flash cards that Jovie did seem to look at which was awesome. Her eye contact has been improving lately 🙂 The OT did try the brush techique and joint compression which was interesting…
I made a little video with some of the clips I took quickly here and there – I definately want to make more videos as we go along
Our last assessment is next week (hopefully the speech therapist will be there too) and then there’s a wait (of course) and then a meeting about what they recommend for Jovie.
I’m really glad to be moving forward, finally.
Meegs RCN • 
