Today Etan spent all day in the hospital with Ella. First she had a CT scan, then she saw Dr. Black in the afternoon and he adjusted the shunt setting. Then, she had to get an X-ray to see whether the setting was correct. It was the end of the day already — about 5 pm –when Ella and Etan finally got home. Dr. Black had the shunt pressure turned down from 180 to 140. The x-ray showed a reading of 145 which is fine. Ultimately, Dr. B wants the pressure down to around 100. Ella is doing very well in general although I feel like I’ve only had time to enjoy her progress in snipets because I’ve been so busy lately. New developments are eating crackers and a small part of one of Yvette’s cookies (tonight). Ella is sitting much better and of course there was the exciting event when Ella actually chose the triangular block from among all the block shapes she pulled out of her shape game bucket b/c this is the one she wanted to suck on! Ella seems to be improving greatly in her sitting abilities. Now she is really able to do other things as she sits — like feeding herself and reach far out in front of her. This is definitely an exciting time for us.