Brecken's Story

Brecken had a great day today!  Grandma went into the chamber with him this morning, and I went in with him this afternoon.   Granmda said he did good in the morning and he did ok for me, but he was getting very antsy.  Grandma had it easy because he didn't have his hood yet!  Well guess who got lucky!! Of course me!  That's ok though because she get's to enjoy the rest of the dives! 

Doesn't he look cute:) with his hood on! One of the tubes delivers the pure oxygen and the other removes the carbon dioxide. 

Dave, the tech who runs the chamber area said that Brecken should start taking better naps in the up coming days.  A lot of kids will even nap in the chamber, hopefully he will follow suit:)

Before his second dive of the day, we had Brecken's evaluation to see what he will tolerate for therapy and what we will work on while we are there.  Edna will be working with Brecken 1 hour a day to help strenghen his neck and trunk muscles. From there we will work on rolling and sitting.

 After Brecken's second dive, we went back to the suite to pack and get ready to leave for home.  I really had a hard time leaving him and cryed for quite some time.  I am sure Mike enjoyed the ride home!

After we left, Brecken took a pretty good nap to the tune that Grandma had to wake him up! 

He also cornered Grandma in the kitchen to steal her fudgecicle from her.  He made some nasty faces, but kept opening his mouth for more!  After the sugar high, Brecken decided that Grandma should stay up with him!  He finally decided to let her go to bed around 10:15; usually he is out cold around 8:00pm.