Katie Beckett Medicaid — Approved!

It took us just under 4 months, but Hannah has been approved for the Katie Beckett program here in Nevada.  What does that mean?   MEDICAID!!   It is such a huge relief knowing that we have this blanket available for Hannah just in case we have problems with our insurance company. We will be […]

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Orthopedics appointment

We met with Hannah’s new orthopedist today.  I had three areas I wanted to touch one. 1]  New SMOs (ankle braces) 2]  Left wrist misuse 3]  Affects of W-sitting When we first got back to the room (after an hour in the waiting room), they did an x-ray of her hips.  She did surprisingly well, […]

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Hannah’s Toy Box – My Work in Progress

The New York Times posted an article a few weeks ago about a young boy, Owen Cain, who was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, type 1.   His family had spent thousands of dollars on assistive communicative devices over the years, but they were never able to find something that was a good fit for their […]

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New Neuro exam

We met with Hannah’s new neurologist today.  Our choices for pediatric neurologists here in town is incredibly limited, but we felt we had to get a second opinion because I did not feel Hannah’s neuro was being proactive enough for her.   This one was on our side of town, which was a definite plus. […]

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Acceptance … a child’s viewpoint

Hannah is definitely on the mend.   She only has 2 more days of Cipro left for her trachiitis (pseudomonas), and we are finally starting to see her old personality come back.  She is not as exhausted all the time (no more 3-long-nap days), and she is willing to be more engaged and is wanting […]

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Therapy Realities

I’ve decided to make some changes to Hannah’s therapy routine.  Before this week, she was having PT and OT across town weekly (Mon & Wed) and developmental therapy here at home.   The drive was really to and from the therapy clinic (30 minutes each way) was really getting to be too much for Hannah, […]

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