Ella had her shunt adjustment done at the beginning of the week. Her final setting is now 100. She is fine with that and didn’t show any discomfort or bad side effects. (There is always a risk that the new setting will be too low and she could get sick). We’ve passed the critical 48 hour adjustment period and all is okay. I was a little concerned before the adjustment b/c she was doing so well at 120, but apparently 100 is okay too. Ella started two playgroups last week. One is through the Perkins School for the Blind. This is open to children with visual impairments and their parents. The adults go off to meet together and the children stay in a group with one-on-one caregivers assigned to each child. It is important to me that Ella has some time with other children in play settings although it doesn’t seem too critical to her. She looks around a bit, gets used to the crowd and then plays with the great toys they have there without noticing or caring about anything or anyone else! At the EI playgroup Ella is the least mobile but she does get to try out all the cool toys in the company of other kids. Beth will take her from this week on, but I took her last week for the first time. She got very excited at circle time and even patted the hand of one of her little playmates (so begins intimacy?).