McKenna got tickets to the Jonas Brothers concert for her birthday so Dustin and I took her and her friend Alex to the concert on Saturday night. It was NOT disappointing! Wow, they definitely have an extraordinary budget with pyrotechnics, a moving stage, an orchestra, and amazing lights. The girls had a blast and we enjoyed watching the girls have a blast. There were a couple of things that stood out to me about the concert. The first thing is that it was such an overwhelming feeling to have the privilege of taking Mac to the concert. If the outcome of the accident had been different we would have had four unused tickets sitting on the desk at home. The second thing is that amidst all the lights, action, screaming girls, and entertainment, Mckenna urgently pulled on my pants leg and with wide eyes and excitement yelled at me and said, "Mom, look at how beautiful the sunset is!" I love it that among all the man made distractions that I have a kid that can still appreciate God's creation.
On the medical side of things, McKenna had a visit with the ENT and voice clinic at Children's last Thursday. Unknown to me, it was an appointment to examine her vocal cords, which means getting scoped. I guess the lead time to the visit probably went smoother, but the actual scope procedure was scary for her and filled with screaming. I can't say that I blame her. The good news is that the doctor said that her actual vocal cords looked good with "waves" in both sides. The muscles above the cords are still showing some left-sided weakness. The doctor told her that she is going to have to go to voice clinic to learn how to yell at her brother properly!
We're gearing up for school and practicing math. We have a meeting with the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Wednesday and after that we will be able to have a meeting with the special needs director and her teacher at Dayspring to make a plan for her. I'm looking forward to school starting and perhaps having some sort of "normalcy" and working on re bonding with Alia who has lost out on so much this Summer. Also planning a little weekend get away for the first weekend in August-nothing major, just a hotel and some swimming and maybe a train ride or something fun and out of the ordinary.
On the medical side of things, McKenna had a visit with the ENT and voice clinic at Children's last Thursday. Unknown to me, it was an appointment to examine her vocal cords, which means getting scoped. I guess the lead time to the visit probably went smoother, but the actual scope procedure was scary for her and filled with screaming. I can't say that I blame her. The good news is that the doctor said that her actual vocal cords looked good with "waves" in both sides. The muscles above the cords are still showing some left-sided weakness. The doctor told her that she is going to have to go to voice clinic to learn how to yell at her brother properly!
We're gearing up for school and practicing math. We have a meeting with the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Wednesday and after that we will be able to have a meeting with the special needs director and her teacher at Dayspring to make a plan for her. I'm looking forward to school starting and perhaps having some sort of "normalcy" and working on re bonding with Alia who has lost out on so much this Summer. Also planning a little weekend get away for the first weekend in August-nothing major, just a hotel and some swimming and maybe a train ride or something fun and out of the ordinary.
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God's show is always better than man's! But, sounds like Mac enjoyed it all! :) Keep us posted on how we can be praying for school and fall and all that will be involved.
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