There are times when I wonder if we are doing enough for Ella. What if we missed the one thing that will make that big difference. Yes she is getting physical therapy, and occupational therapy and speech therapy; there is a developmental specialist that comes to see her once a week as well as an expert from the Perkins school for the blind. Ella is starting aqua therapy next week and also attends a group at the Early Intervention office. (once you write all these things down it really looks like an impressive list). A while ago we also took her for acupuncture treatment for a few months. The therapist was the only one whose condition seemed to be improving. Ella stands in her stander when watching a movie, has her right hand tied up for an hour and a half a day, and wears an eye patch three hours a day. She spends 8 hours a day with Beth who activates her in ways of which only some are known to modern science. She is living the life of therapy.
My fear is that one day we will meet someone who will say to us, “surely you’ve tried ‘Soup Therapy’ Right?”, Soup therapy being the one thing we didn’t try. “It is known”, they will continue, “to have excellent results in conditions such as Ella’s…