Making Progress

So much has happened since my last entry. I will try to keep it as brief as possible. We went back to Vanderbilt this week and saw Dr. Kelly. He said that Morgan was making some improvement! He sent us over to have her helmet adjusted. They removed a layer of the lining from the back. Hopefully over the next four weeks we will really start to see her head start to reshape. So far it has only been a subtle change. The appointment went very quickly and Morgan of course did great! We have really been hoping Morgan would only have to wear the helmet for 3 months, but Dr. Kelly told us we would probably be looking at four months. That was disappointing to hear. We are going to keep praying for 3 months anyway! Here are some pictures of her in her helmet. We put new stickers on it this week. We think it is pretty cute.


Today we had a physical therapy appointment. Morgan seems to be sitting much straighter which means she is not holding one hip higher than the other anymore. YEA Morgan! On the down side she still wants to use her right hand more than the other. This unfortunately affects the way she crawls, sits up and props. You can see in the above picture her right arm and hand have been wrapped in an ace bandage. This is to encourage her to use the other arm and hand. Of course when her physical therapist wrapped her up today Morgan just set there.Tonight when I tried to wrap her she acted like I was causing her pain. After several tries I got it wrapped and she did great. We played with her bowling set and she rolled the ball with her left hand successfully!!!!! After I removed the wrap she rolled the ball with both hands. Mission accomplished. We will wrap her arm and hand twice a day during our structured play time. We will go back next week to see the therapist and see what happens from there. I look forward to the day when I can sit down with Morgan and play and not have to worry about which arm she is using or which way she is rolling and just enjoy being with her. Today, that day seems so far away.