Waiting for an appointment

We finally convinced her pediatrician to refer us to Shriner's hospital so that a specialist can take a look at her legs and feet. We are very concerned with the total lack of muscle tone and the position of feet and legs, and of course, the clubbed feet. We really like her podiatrist but at this point we need to hear what is going on and what is ahead of us from a real specialist. After the referral, I got a phone call from Shriner's and they asked me to send all of her medical records for their evaluation. I also added some pictures we took, because pictures can give a much better idea of what we are trying to say. In 2 weeks we got a paper in the mail assigning a day and time for her initial consultation in another 2 weeks. So the whole process took 1 month, which is not bad, but it has been an excruciating month just waiting and waiting... The appointment is tomorrow, and we can't wait!

Meanwhile, the daycare director arranged for a consultant to go there and take a look at Gabbie and suggest ways to help her develop. At 6 months she had not rolled over yet, and the lack of muscle tone and movement of legs seemed to be interfering with a lot of her developmental milestones. It was great! They gave us a series of exercises to do with her, and showed the teachers how to hold her and help her. In 10 days she was already rolling over both ways and now we can't stop her, she goes everywhere by rolling over, and is much more active and mobile! I am very thankful for the caring teachers at Childtime! They were the ones that made it happen, their support and encouragement along the way has been amazing!

Well, I know I promised to post more pictures, but as the title of the blog says, I have just been very busy. And I also need to start posting more about the other busy part of my life, the older kids! They are starting to get jealous, but Luiza, my 13 year old daughter, said to me that I am too old to keep a blog!!!!!! She was laughing when I told them about the blog, like it was something really absurd! Oh well, I will show her...

I will start including them more, but for now, here are Gabbie's 6-month pics:

Sorry but for some reason all my pictures now are sideways even when the original file is not... Not sure how to fix that! Send suggestions please!

I will post back as soon as we have more news after her Shriner's appointment!