Ellie the SUPERSTAR (oh and did I also mention a 'model')

Today Ellie was a model for a day, and she did a brilliant job. Today in her occupational therapy session, she was photographed 'doing her thing'

Annie (Ellies OT) and I noticed a huge improvement in Ellie from 2 weeks ago. Today she was actively reaching for objects placed in front of her, and exploring them. She was also looking at objects whilst playing with them, this is something she normally doesnt do. Ellie normally will reach for a object, and explore it, all while not looking at it, so we are trying to get her to do the two things together. So this was a real positive thing today. We also did some weight bearing activities, making Ellie take weight in her arms. This is something she couldnt do 4 weeks ago, and she is doing really well, kneeling and putting weight on her hands for up to 5+ seconds..... Another huge step!!!

Rolling on the other hand, was something that Ellie had just started to do really well up until her seizure. Since the seizure she hasnt actively rolled herself yet. Today in our OT session we worked a bit on this, but I think this may take some more time...

So 3 positives out of todays session... gotta be happy with that.

I dont have photos from todays 'model shoot' however it looks like we will get some, so watch this space, & hopefully I will post some soon. In the meantime I have included some recent photos of Ellie... Enjoy!!!