They moved Lauren to the Children' s Seashore House today. It is right next door to the Children's Hospital, so it is more of a symbolic move than an actual one. The building is different. It has a lot of elevated outdoor play areas, a pool and is more therapy oriented. We park in the same garage though and if anything went wrong, they certainly can treat her here or wheel her straight to the main hospital.
Today Lauren had her second day of work on her hair. I didn't see it last night or earlier today, but when I arrived tonight, it looked good. It is about 80% done. It is a painful process I understand. Slow and tedious. Apparently the woman that the social worker referred us to for Lauren' s hair care is not the best. I'll call her "Brenda the Beautician", Lauren and Jessica call her "Crackhead" and admit that she makes them a little nervous. At first, we thought she would be really good. Like someone who had a lot of experience reversing dreadlocks and such. But now, 6 hours in, they have the feeling that they may have misjudged her. Perhaps references would have been in order, but we assumed the social worker knew what her work was like. Now, this far into the process, we'll just mark it up as a lesson learned. Jessica is washing and conditioning Lauren's hair tonight with good shampoo and conditioner. Hopefully that will make Brenda's job easier tomorrow as she finishes up.
The Seashore house does patient evaluations on Thursdays and Mondays. This Thursday will be too soon, but they are putting a treatment plan together for Lauren based on another girl her age who had a similar rehabilitation. They will evaluate and revise next Thursday based on how she responds to the inital treatment.
Lauren is much more alert now and Jessica said she had some minor seizures, but that they slept well last night. Sandra is staying tonight.
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