Here they are!
The reveal to all of you.
These beautiful, tiny thumbs and pinkies.
We still have to keep bandages on her hands even though the grafts have taken and healed. We have to use gauze to keep pressure on the new web spaces between her fingers so that scar tissue doesn't grow and pull them back together.
We joke that she has boxing gloves on, but the bandaging is nice and minimal compared to what she had before. We go back to the plastic surgeon next week and my fingers are crossed for no more bandaging at all.
We don't have to cover her hands with sock anymore so at least she's getting to feel objects with part of her hand, but removing the bandages will be so nice. I feel like she hasn't had the opportunity to see what can be done with her new fingers since they're tightly bound all the time. I wonder whether we'll have to do any physical/occupational therapy with her or if she will figure it out on her own. We've noticed some tiny movements with a couple of the digits, but nothing big and not with all of them. So, we'll have to wait and see and just continue to encourage her on a daily basis.
My hope is that she'll get the hang of them pretty quickly once those little fingers and thumbs are set free for good.
We went on a walk today to the school down the road to vote. We then took the long way home which allowed us to walk through a little wooded area with a pond. Abby enjoyed seeing some ducks in the water and we had a little conversation about why I didn't need to put all the pretty leaves back on the trees. I love the learning and exploring stage that Abby is in right now. She's exhausting when it comes to discipline and boundary setting, but talking to her about the seasons and the cycle of tree leaves was refreshing and quite enjoyable. Children bring you back to the basics and make you see the world from an angle that you haven't looked from in a long, long time. We gathered some fallen leaves and will get crafty with them in the days to come.
Oh, and children are so very entertaining. They keep life light and fresh.
I'm working on the post I promised you about Julia's upcoming surgery. It's a work in progress at the moment though....lots of diagrams and science-y stuff to work through for you all. So stay tuned :)
The reveal to all of you.
These beautiful, tiny thumbs and pinkies.
We still have to keep bandages on her hands even though the grafts have taken and healed. We have to use gauze to keep pressure on the new web spaces between her fingers so that scar tissue doesn't grow and pull them back together.
We joke that she has boxing gloves on, but the bandaging is nice and minimal compared to what she had before. We go back to the plastic surgeon next week and my fingers are crossed for no more bandaging at all.
We don't have to cover her hands with sock anymore so at least she's getting to feel objects with part of her hand, but removing the bandages will be so nice. I feel like she hasn't had the opportunity to see what can be done with her new fingers since they're tightly bound all the time. I wonder whether we'll have to do any physical/occupational therapy with her or if she will figure it out on her own. We've noticed some tiny movements with a couple of the digits, but nothing big and not with all of them. So, we'll have to wait and see and just continue to encourage her on a daily basis.
My hope is that she'll get the hang of them pretty quickly once those little fingers and thumbs are set free for good.
We went on a walk today to the school down the road to vote. We then took the long way home which allowed us to walk through a little wooded area with a pond. Abby enjoyed seeing some ducks in the water and we had a little conversation about why I didn't need to put all the pretty leaves back on the trees. I love the learning and exploring stage that Abby is in right now. She's exhausting when it comes to discipline and boundary setting, but talking to her about the seasons and the cycle of tree leaves was refreshing and quite enjoyable. Children bring you back to the basics and make you see the world from an angle that you haven't looked from in a long, long time. We gathered some fallen leaves and will get crafty with them in the days to come.
Oh, and children are so very entertaining. They keep life light and fresh.
I'm working on the post I promised you about Julia's upcoming surgery. It's a work in progress at the moment though....lots of diagrams and science-y stuff to work through for you all. So stay tuned :)
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