September 24, 2007
Well, time sure flies when your having fun!
Natalie had a great summer, one without illnesses and without hospitalizations, so all was good. Since our last update, Natalie has done really well in therapies and in summer school. We spent the summer mostly indoors as the weather was so hot that it would have been rough on her to go outside for long periods of time. Natalie has a tough time with temperature extremes, so the excessive heat of the summer would have made it even rougher on her.
The summer was basically uneventful and she enjoyed going to summer school with her friends. She continues to make friends no matter what she does and keeps smiling and laughing, especially when she is outside or being surrounded by kids in her class. She is now in second grade, not bad for a little angel that the doctors originally told us would never come off the ventilator after her brain injury!
Natalie has many friends in her second grade class that love her to death! They fight over who gets to walk next to her down the hall, who sits next to her and helps her during story time. She is so worn out after school that she usually comes off the bus sound asleep!
We are working on creating a gallery of photos of Natalie, so if you know of a good wordpress gallery system, please let us know!