First Week Home

Well, it's been one whole week and we are all still getting used to being back home. The kids are getting back on their schedules. Sebastian continues to improve. He is crawling all over the house. He has managed to pull himself up to a kneeling position on a regular basis and if he is at the stairs he can pull himself up to standing. He's not able to crawl up the stairs yet but that doesn't stop him from trying. We have noticed that he uses his right arm and right hand trying to climb the stairs, so everyday we let him crawl to the stairs and try to go up them.

Next week we go through speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy. We'll see how that goes and how Sebastian tolerates 3 days of therapy.

It's a slow process. Recovery that is and we've just begun this journey. Some days are better than others. Sebastian is still having trouble sleeping at night. He's still adjusting to being home. The injury to his brain has also changed Sebastian's personality just a little bit, he's more emotional. We are still recovering from the stress of the hospital. Sebastian still wants to be held all the time but hopefully as he continues to recover he will re-gain his old independence. Luckily he still smiles and laughs easily and reminds us just how far we've come in the past 20 days. It's hard to believe that's only been 3 weeks. It feels like a lifetime ago.