Speech Therapy and Back to School

Our busy week has started. I've been trying to get the girls used to a mid-morning nap, so that we can be gone from late morning until late afternoon and they aren't too crabby by the time we get home. Rebekah's classes are in the afternoon and so I thought it would be a good idea to try to schedule their other appointments in the afternoon and plan on morning naps. Today was the first day that we really had to make it work. They did a good job of settling down for naps, both girls even asked for their nap.

Our first stop today was Speech Therapy. We went back to Kathy, who had been seeing Rebekah before she was diagnosed with cancer. Rebekah did a great job of working with her words. At the end of the session, Kathy got out some snacks (to see how Rebekah was eating). She put the half pretzel in her mouth and I think Kathy was a bit concerned - not sure how well she would handle it. She chewed it up really well and was asking for more. Kathy commented that Rebekah has improved in her language skills since she last worked with her. She was excited about that and had kind of expected that she might have regressed throughout her treatment. So, all in all, it was pretty good news.

Then we were off to school. We put Sarah in the stroller, Rebekah's backpack on and headed into the school. Rebekah seemed to remember being at school. She knew where she wanted to go and headed toward her classroom. We arrived a little early, so that we could talk with the teacher and nurse a little before class needed to start. We let Sarah out of the stroller and she was excited to be in school - she loved playing and coloring and having fun. Rebekah seemed right at home in the class. It is a different class than she was in before, one that will hopefully challenge her a bit. When we came back to pick her up, her teacher reported that she did really good. I hope to have many more reports like that.

She seems to want to learn, so we hope that with school and the various therapies she will quickly develop her skills. Only time will tell...

It has been tough to get much nutrition in her today, so she will get much of it over night. Hopefully, we can get into a good cycle and not need so much at night. One day at a time...