Sandra had a busy day with Lauren yesterday. The capper at the end of the day was the visit with the Opthamologist, Doctor Liu. Sandra said it took a long time, 2 hours and they didn't even dilate her eyes. The doctor was perturbed, saying that a spinal tap was not done after the last exam. He intimated that she may have had an infection and that the spinal tap may have led to an antibiotic treatment that could have avoided scarring. Sandra wasn't very clear with me about what was scarred or what the long term consequences of such scarring would be. Lauren appears to be seeing 20/20 and she is on Facebook, which has a small font, as does her telephone text messages. Overall, the whole eye thing is resolving itself. He didn't even remember seeing Lauren previously, so maybe he thought he ordered something, or maybe he was covering up an oversight. She was being treated with antibiotics prophylactically anyway. We have a follow up appointment with him in 3 months.
I'm at the hospital now. Since I worked today I had to get briefed by Lauren. OT started in the pool. Lauren said she practiced lowering herself into the pool and swam freestyle while using a noodle. She then had PT for half an hour, which consisted of doing work on the parallel bars. Practicing walking, stepping over obstacles, uneven and soft surfaces. Lunch was next, followed by an hour with the teacher, who reviewed her schoolwork. Then more time in PT doing work with weights and other exercises. Last activity of the day was community art therapy. I looked for her work but could not find it. They certainly are working her hard.
When I arrived, Grandma was there. She hung out for a while but Lauren fell asleep. Aunt Leslie is coming into town tonight from Washington state. She will be here about a week to bond with her neice and help out.
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