It's baaack!!
The night before we had it put back on I seriously couldn't sleep. I just knew Hannah would take it badly, meltdown in the doctors office and be very frustrated.
The casting went surprisingly well. Hannah sat patiently and curiously as the nurse put it on only to discover she had done it wrong and had to take it off and start again. At this point I was getting nervous, but the second attempt was successful with both attitude and action.
You see last week she had her first occupational therapy appointment since before Christmas. During OT her therapist really pushes Hannah and doesn't let her use her right hand. This is to strengthen and help her hand work correctly. Well, during this appointment Hannah would do nothing and got very upset. The only thing she ended up doing with her left hand was eat cheese (her favorite food) so this was discouraging for me. But it also showed us that the cast needed to go back on.
She is adapting and usually with a smile so that is a blessing. The Lord has been gracious to her through all the tests the past few months.
She'll have the cast on 4 weeks this time and then hopefully we can take a break...hopefully.
We have more decisions to make about Hannah's continued therapy and other strategies to try with her left hand specifically. Please pray we would have wisdom.
I'm coming to the realization that CMV will never leave our lives. Hannah will never "arrive" and be rid of the effects of this virus.
That's hard to except.
It's actually gotten me down lately, but I do have to remember the Lord's faithfulness to Hannah and us in the past and remember he never lets us go.
