Girl update

So for the last couple of days Jordan has been a superstar prosthetic wearer at school. She’s worn it without protest and even took a nap wearing it for the last two days. When I’ve removed it, her little arm looked healthy… No bruises, no red marks. She’s a trooper.

She has bruised a teacher with her pincher grip.

So here’s my theoretical plan of attack. We get her to build her muscles, we teach her how to use the prosthetic to hold onto things at her midline (like holding a ball with both “hands”) and eventually taking advantage of the extra hand to hold things. Therapy with our local therapists starts Friday and Saturday.

So here’s the fun thing about Jordan. She’s turned into a thief at school. She likes to go up to babies, steal their pacifiers and then scoot away. Funny little girl. She doesn’t even like pacifiers for herself. She also stole a new baby’s blankey yesterday… This new baby is actually 12 months old and she LOVES her blanket and is never far from it. And Jordan stole it. Silly girl. I’m glad she has a sense of humor. She won’t think it’s funny when her brother steals stuff from her. I think we’re headed into a very interesting battle of personalities in the months ahead.