Slowly now, but at a steady pace, Ella is making progress. She seems to be in some pain when we move her around though, which is a little disconcerting. She even cries when being changed. She used to love that. Yesterday I thought maybe her irritability could be a sign of hydrocephalus, but then she seemed to improve some throughout the day. We are seeing more little happy grins and responses to stimuli. At times, she’s very focused on her toys, us or her favorite movies: Baby Einstein, Baby Mozart and Baby Shakespeare.
She is starting to hold her head up well by herself when propped in a sitting position. She doesn’t quite move her head around freely from side to side which makes me think that part of her problem might be a stiff neck or lack of muscle tone on one side.
This week she’ll get back on track with more intensive physical therapy. We are so happy that physiologically she has come through the surgery (so far) so well!!! Our guests left yesterday (and much help). We’ll miss you Grandma Lilly and Grandpa Dani!