Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Update on Lilly

The Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist came yesterday to evaluate Lilly to see if she qualified for the ECI program. The way they see if she qualifies is they asked me and Roy and bunch of questions about Lilly. The questions consisted of can she do this or that. After so many no's Lilly was qualified. They said she only qualified for her motor skills though. They checked all areas and said she was at her level or above except for her motor skills which she was way behind. I have seen improvement in her in the last week though. She can now scoot pretty well on her butt, can get to the sitting position from laying down on her stomach, and can stand pretty steady while holding on to our hands. We asked them if they see any signs of Cerebral Palsy and they said she does have increased muscle tone in her right leg but they don't like to classify them yet until they have worked with them for a couple of weeks. They said they have seen babies with much more stiffness in their legs and after working with the therapists for 6 months you couldn't even tell they had anything wrong with them. They are going to come back on the 18th to work with her more.

1 comment:

aidanjordan said...

Like I said, just keep doing what you're doing- she seems to be making good progress. You might have her walking by the time we come down!