Best Therapy Appointment in 3 Years!

We have been going to Northeast Rehab in Salem, NH since May of this year. I can't say enough great things about this place. Molly has made great strides since starting here and it makes me so happy! This is all I have wanted for her from the beginning. I kick myself every day that I didn't pull her from Early Intervention and start her here sooner. But it is what it is and she's there now.

Wednesday's is pool therapy and now that she remembered that she likes the water she is great. Yesterday she was dunking her head under the water and completely submerging herself. The therapist kept telling her to stop but in Molly's head that means to keep going. So every so often she would do it. I know the therapist told her not to do it but it made me so happy to see her doing it and not being afraid. It was very productive and she didn't want to leave. After she was done the therapist was bringing her over to me and let her go about 20 steps from me and Molly walked the entire way by herself. Thursdays is speech and PT. While we were waiting for speech I was talking to another mom and she was asking me about Molly's history and delays so I was giving her the very brief summary. I told her how I left my job so I could take care of her and she had done the same for her daughter. We were saying while it does get lonely at times and we have little adult interaction it's so rewarding and today was a reminder of why I gave up my job. To witness moments like these. Her speech therapist wanted to work on her receptive language and I just knew she was going to do great. It's all up there, we just have to work on getting it out. She started off with 4 pictures on a page. They were easy words...baby, ball, etc. And she was getting them all right. As the pages went on the words got tougher and she never missed a beat until we started getting into the 5, 6 year old words. She would get one or two wrong here and there but she was also getting words right that I didn't even know that she knew. At one point she asked Molly to point to the "money" and she thought she said "mommy" and she pointed to me. I wanted to scoop her up and hug her right there. Last night was the first night that Jay asked where "mama" was and she pointed to me. I know it may not seem like a big deal but when you don't know if your 3 year old knows what to call you it's kind of sad but when she finally does it it's so rewarding! Anyway, back to therapy. We stopped at age 7 because that's when she started getting all of the words wrong but I couldn't have been happier! My smart cookie...not that there was ever any doubt! I won't have the official scores back until next week but I'm looking forward to seeing what they are. Her speech therapist said that she can see her progress every week and she's so happy with her. She also said that she's her favorite patient because she has the attitude of a 16 year old in the body of a 3 year old.

PT was equally successful.  She was walking all by herself all around the room and she looked great doing it. She was walking up the stairs of the slide and going down the slide, bending down and picking things up and standing back up. The PT was so excited with her progress too. Everyone is thrilled with how far she has come in 2 1/2 months. It really does take a lot to get me excited but today was definitely a day where I could've cried with how happy I was for her. She really is so amazing and never gives up!

Some people may feel sorry for us because of the hand we were dealt but I couldn't be happier. We have the most rewarding life and I wouldn't change one thing about it!