Back from Camp

We are back from camp! Sorry it has taken so long to update this since camp. Hope and I came home with bronchitis and it has been horrible. Hope had a blast at camp. The camp was not set up for physically disabled kids, but we made it work. Needless to say, I have never been so sore. While we were at camp, Hope made lots of crafts, rode a horse, did a zipline, went to the Prescott Zoo and camp fires. If you ask about camp, you will hear about the zip line. She was able to ride it twice before we booked it to the zoo.

Here are a couple of pictures from her horse back riding adventure.

When we walked up to the zoo we had a peacock escort. He walked right along Hope's wheelchair. The coon came to the front and sat and talked with Hope for a few minutes. We saw a huge black bear, a fox, and lots of cool animals up close. When you ask about the zoo, you will hear about how the bathroom flooded while we were in it!

This is a picture of the marshmallow shooter that she made. She was not happy about sitting still long enough to have her picture taken. Her playing around in the bunk bed too. It was an adventure! Won't do it again, but glad we did it.

Hope started counseling yesterday. We both really liked the lady. Hopefully Miss Hope will finally be able to identify her feelings and talk about everything she has been through. She will go every other week. I'm hoping it will be a good thing for her.

We are still trying to get well. Meanwhile we are very excited about Disney World! I guess we need to get through Halloween and Turkey Day first though!

Thank you everyone for all of your support!

Camp, here we come!!

We go to Camp Runamuk on Friday! Yeah! On Saturday Hope will be doing the zipline and then headed to the Prescott Zoo. not exactly sure what is there but should be fun. Sunday she will do some hippotherapy. Carol, one of our Habilitation workers is going up with us. She will be in charge of Hope for parts of the day so I can have some free time. What's that? I hope to enjoy some much needed time away!

We went to Dr Shafron's today. Her wound was draining A LOT over the weekend. He figures it was probably just a pocket of fluid. It has pretty much stopped now. He burned away some of the extra tissue to help it heal faster. It's getting there. We are 3 months in. I think she missed any chance at water play this year though.

She starts counseling in 2 weeks to help get coping skills for all that she has been through. I am hoping it will be a good thing for her. Since she has been approved for Make A Wish she has gotten some of her drive and ambition back. Not completely there yet though.

She has decided to do ambulatory track this year! Just bought a cool tripod walker for her. It's a little big but she will probably be close to grown into it by the time we start. Soon we will start training for track.

She is mid growth spurt right now and having a hard time walking. She is so tight she sleeps on her belly at night and her heel touch her butt. We met Dr Raben today. He is a mobility specialist and Dr Shafron referred us to him. Dr Shafron is hoping maybe he missed something and Dr Raben will have some tricks up his sleeve to help her walk better. We'll see.

I can't post the family portrait on here since my foster kiddos are in it. This is one of Hope and I though. We are a pirate family for Halloween. The girls start visits with their mom again this week. Not looking forward to it. Hopefully it will go better than anticipated.

Hope all is well with everyone. Thank you for your continued support!