Archive for October 2007
Arm challenge
I put Jordan in a really cute outfit today… But her arm was too wide. The wrist was a bit to wide. The dress never really fit properly. She did wear her arm all day — She did all week except Monday. She’s amazing. Today Jordan stepped up on a stool to get water from…
Read More +Picture day
It’s picture day — and (knock on wood) there wasn’t any drama on Jordan’s big day. If you recall, last year her teacher spilled coffee on Jordan’s dress. This year I got her to school in one piece, with a cute little dress AND no cuts, bruises or spills. Of course I had to drag…
Read More +So far so good
Jordan made it to school today with her new prosthetic. She did pretty well… But I think the sensor is turned up too high. The hand stays open more than it is closed… So I have to figure out what we should do about that. But the good news is she was totally happy to…
Read More +Day 4: A New Arm and Exhaustion
I’m in the Dallas Airport right now… Jordan is running around in a kids’ play area. She’s the littlest one here, but she doesn’t seem to mind. We had Jordan’s new prosthetic for about two hours before we needed to head to the airport. Occupational therapy wasn’t extraordinarily helpful since Jordan was spent from all…
Read More +Day 3: My Girl is a Trooper
The day started out calmly. I got to take Jordan to the store to get her new shoes that would fit. We found a Stride Rite that was really close to the prosthetic office and found these cute little diddies. Then I went to Payless to find some black shoes that I think will work…
Read More +Day 2 evening in review
We’re ready to go today… But things don’t really start rolling until this afternoon so we’re going shopping for shoes. In the meantime, I wanted to show you a highlight of last night: Silly me… I forgot my camera. Can you believe… Me? So the iPhone had to do in low light — so it…
Read More +Day 2: Getting Things to Work
We slept a TON last night. Jordan was so well rested that she popped out of her pack and play and squealed HI!!! to me this morning. I figured that meant she was ready for business today. We worked with two different test sockets, watched a lot of Elmo and finally got Jordan into the…
Read More +Day 1: Getting Started on a New Prosthetic
We got up crazy early this morning (even though Jordan seemed quite alright about it at the time – that picture shows her bright and cheery in the car around 6am) and headed out to Houston. The combination of morning traffic in St. Louis and a 20 minute layover in Dallas was enough stress for…
Read More +Wanna smile?
Here is mix of two fun videos of Jordan including her saying: OOOOH-WRAY!
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