It has been busy as usual in the Fletcher household. We have some friends who joke that their family motto is "It's not done until it's over done" meaning that they like to explore every aspect of a project or activity and can't leave it alone until they've exhausted all possible options associated with said project or activity. I'd have to say that the Fletcher motto might be "If we're going to do it, why not do it all at once!" I mean, look at January as an example: drove 1,000 miles, took mission trip to Kenya, had surgery, started school semester---who does all that in the same month? Who even does that all in the same year? Oh, that would be us.
Today was an example of typical Fletcher mentality. Maddy was scheduled to see the developmental pediatrician in May, but they called yesterday and said that they had a cancellation and we could come on Wednesday if we wanted. I said "sure!" then hung up the phone and realized that on Wednesday we also had story time at the library, physical therapy, and I had to teach class. Oh well, let's get it over with. So away we went, all day long.
Maddy actually had a really great report from the doctor. She is still tiny but proportionally tiny so that is good. We think she had finally broken the 20 lb mark, but it is hard to tell with the cast on so we won't get too excited about that until she gets weighed with it off. She was 20 lb 11 oz and 31.5 inches. (Her height varies because of knee stuff--she has measured at 32 in. at some places so just depends on how good of a stretch she's willing to do.)
The pedi. spent a lot of time testing language today. I think she was kind of skeptical when I told her we'd declined the referral to put Maddy into the PPCD (I think that's what it's called, no idea what it stands for) program. This is the program through the public school system for children who have language or other developmental delays that are considered as interfering with learning. They have to be 2 standard deviations below normal on language development to qualify. We knew Maddy would not qualify because her language development is great. After the testing the pedi. said that we made the right move and there was no way Maddy would be accepted. She tested right at to slightly above normal for her age in receptive and expressive language and cognitive development.
Today marks exactly 5 weeks from surgery. It is hard to believe that 5 weeks ago I was spending an exhausting night with Maddy at Scottish Rite and that I was having to coax her to eat a bite of jello or take a drink of water every time she woke up and that her toes were swollen up like little sausages. When I look at it that way, time has flown. When I think about having another week and 4 days until we get the durn cast off, well, time has stood still.
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