Good Laughs

Kylie has given Kaycee and I some good laughs in the past couple of days. She is doing just a little bit more talking. However, lots of the words that she says are really random. She’ll be laying in bed and without any expression and out of nowhere she’ll say, “french fry” or “Candyland”. It is really funny but at the same time, a little disturbing. We wish we knew exactly what might be causing it…medications? trauma? Yesterday, during her physical therapy session, her therapist was helping her sit on the edge of the bed and blowing bubbles so that she could practice reaching for them. Staring up at a bubble with a blank face and drawn-out voice, she said, “CHHHHOCOLATE”. It was so random that Kaycee and I started cracking up. She is a huge chocolate lover (she takes after her mom), and we have given her some chocolate candies in the past 2 days. However, why those words came out when they did, I have no idea. Funny girl!

The Christmas season has brought lots of visits from groups around Omaha during our stay here at Children’s. This past week, we’ve been visited by the Omaha Firefighters, NE State Troopers, Omaha Beef football team, UNO girls basketball team, and Santa. They usually have at least one group visit each day, and of course they bring gifts for the kids. I think it’s so great that they do this.

This morning, I sat Kylie up in her bed to eat some breakfast. She sat completely unsupported—yeah!! and totally devoured her piece of toast with peanut butter and jelly. This is the most she’s eaten and we are really excited about this progress. In a little while, physical therapy is coming to get Kylie and will take her down to a therapy room today. This will be so good to give her a change in her environment. We also received permission from Infectious Disease to take Kylie on wagon rides down in the lobby area. I am hopeful that we’ll get her out this evening.