Day 36.
Day 36. Jack wakes up cranky and it hits me hard. Jack was always the happiest little kid and his fussiness makes me miss him and his personality so much.
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Day 35.
Day 35. I feel homesick and impatient for Jack to make a faster recovery. But, he continues to reach for things, become more vocal and manages to turn the pages of his bedtime books.
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Day 34. Jack plays in the sandbox for the first time and is able to reach and grasp the shovel for a minute before dropping it!
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Day 33. Jack is getting more smiley every day, eating more and begins to reach for more things. His motor skills seem to be improving as he reaches for and plays with some smoothie on his ergo chair tray.
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Day 32. Jack’s therapists comment on the improvements they’ve noticed, he starts making some new sounds and I give an overview of where he is at compared to a baseline I created a week prior.
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Day 31. Jack’s aunt arrives in town, he is vocalizing more although they are kind of high-pitched sounds, and he rolls from his back to stomach for the first time since waking up.
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Day 29. Jack’s a mama’s boy today so we survive with a lotta’ coffee and the carrier. He has a great OT session learning to eat again, but the other 3 therapies are a bust. He’s cranky and not interested in therapy. At all.
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The Boy Who Breathed Again 