We just hit our halfway mark of being down here in Florida!
For the week and a half after discharge we did daily PT. The main goal is to keep her knee moving from full extension to at least 90 degrees flexion/bent. She was able to bend farther then that pre surgery which she should gain all back over time. She has pretty much met this since her third session! Her knee does tighten up through the day and her quads are not yet strong enough to keep the knee straight on her own. So we’ve been doing our own home pT for another 1-2 times a day on top of clinic.
The house where we were staying until Christmas had so many fun activities! She saw Santa 4 times, held baby Kangaroos, made 10 bags of slime, made cookies and gingerbread houses, and lots of art projects. She also met some new friends from Ohio and South Carolina who we did some fun things with as well like go to turtle sanctuary and dress up like a Rainbow High doll. Grandma was here for 5 days and we went and saw the Sandi Christmas tree and hung out down town.
She managed to keep up on her school work! Mom, on the other hand, is a bit behind. She also LOVED to check the mail and email each day. She got so many lovely cards notes and packages. Thank you to all of you who took the time to send things! It made her day.
We then luckily caught a flight to Minnesota Thursday night to home in time for Christmas. We were not sure that was going to happen with the weather so Dylann was pretty happy to get home for 4 days!
We had a great Christmas then headed back to Florida Monday 12/26 evening. We moved into an apartment since returning so no longer have the same mailing address. Trying to see if we have options as I know some of you have asked for it. We do have access to a pool so Dylanns pretty happy! ❤️
So many adventures! Keep up the hard work Dylann (and Mom)! You are a amazing young lady!
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