I got a call today from Little Miss Throwsafit’s neurologist at the University of Michigan. He finally got a look at her original MRI that was done in May 2006 (we had a heck of a time getting a CD of the scan sent from Toledo to UofM – don’t ask) and although the report [...]

Debbie at Three Weddings is hosting Ability Tuesday today. I’m happy to report that Little Miss Throwsafit has some new verbal abilities.
Her speech therapy has been going very well the past few appointments because her vowel sounds have improved quite a bit. Just a couple of weeks ago, the only real vowel sounds she could [...]

Yesterday, was a great day. Little Miss Throwsafit had a speech therapy session that was filled with successes. With a sucker as an incentive, LMT did a great job working with her SLP, Trish, on the sounds “wee,” “me,” “moo,” “bee,” “boo,” “pa,” and “ma.” In order to make these sounds LMT must be [...]

I’m not sure how I’m feeling yet this morning, so I’m using both titles. The first is nice and sweet; the second has an attitude.
I’m loving Thursdays. Part of the reason I’m so thankful for Thursday is because this is the day Little Miss Throwsafit’s therapists come to our house. For her other physical and [...]

Well, it seems today is the day for pictures. I love this idea of Special Exposure Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Special Needs, which is dedicated to taking pictures of our special needs children to showcase them as they overcome their special challenges.
Little Miss Throwsafit has speech apraxia, which means she requires a lot [...]

I am thankful for Fussy’s post about her son, Joey. He, like my daughter Little Miss Throwsafit, has hypotonia and speech apraxia. The main difference between our kids is that LMT didn’t have External Hydrocephalus.
I was so excited to read her post about Joey, because, after hours and hours of physical, occupational, and speech [...]

Little Miss Throwsafit has her new therapy schedule for the summer, and we’re going to be quite busy. We’re adding  to her schedule two speech therapy appointments a week. So that brings us to physical therapy 3 times a week, speech therapy 3 times a week, occupational therapy 1 time a week, and teaching [...]

Little Miss Throwsafit can’t speak but she has the ability to steal your heart nonetheless.  All she has to do is flash her sweet smile and your heart is all hers for to do with what she wants.  For example, we went to dinner a few weeks ago and I ordered her spaghetti for dinner, [...]