So … apparently Maria and I have discovered that we are not
destined to be professional bloggers.
Our last post was all the way back in July just as football season was
fast approaching. To catch everyone up
on recent events, and some not so recent, I plan on creating several posts hitting
different topics from the past months.
To get started I’ll mention our last visit to UVA.
Back on January 25th we took Lorelei to the Kluge
Center down at UVA for her meeting with Dr. Anderson. Lorelei took a few moments to get warmed up
but then performed excellent. Our fear was
that she was doing these wonderful things at home like climbing on EVERYTHING
and communicating through signing but would be too shy and not show this to the
doctor. There was no disappointment on
this day. She did very well as the
doctor would pull animals out of the barn and Lorelei would sign many of
them. Ofcourse she would go with “dog”
on anything she wasn’t sure of but would soon hit the correct sing if she heard
the word. After about an hour with Dr.
Anderson she told us that Lorelei was doing wonderful and to begin working on
coordinating different ideas such as what animals say.
Lorelei’s eyesight is also the next big step. We are hoping to get her vision checked soon
so to be sure she isn’t having troubles.
Nothing has really seemed apparent but we are just trying to be
proactive.
Let me add in the finish that Lorelei’s ability to do the
things she can has been nothing but amazing to us. She works so hard and wouldn’t be where she
is without the great example set by Mikaela, the hard work and love of Maria,
and the dedication and caring that Bethany has shown our two angels. I can’t thank all of you enough.
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