Physical Therapy:
Luke had his first day of physical therapy down at Children's West in Minnetonka. Our PT is wonderful and she gave us lots of helpful activities and stretches to focus on with little Luke. Her main concern/focus is his neck. She said that due to him preferring the backwards C position the first 2 months of his life, his neck muscles are completely stretched out. He really doesn't have much control of his neck in certain positions. It is really helpful to know what to work on with him at home and to be purposeful when we play and interact with him.
Ears:
Luke is scheduled for ear tube surgery in 1 month. They will go in and first see if they can drain the fluid but making a tiny secession. If not, then the doctor will just go ahead and put the tubes in. The tubes then need 2 weeks to settle and heal before our audiologist will perform another ABR. The ABR test will determine if his hearing has improved. It would need to improve drastically to no longer consider cochlear implants. We are fairly certain that he will still need implants, and we would have his pre-operation meeting when he is around 6 months old. As far as how early they will perform the surgery is still up in the air. Everyone we have talked with said they'd like to move as quickly as possible. So it is possible he could have the implants as early as 7-8 months. This would be AMAZING!
We are doing well in the Julien household. We've had a busy week of work, school conferences for me, last night of swimming lessons, and a Canucks game for Stefan!! Thank you again for continually lifting up our family in prayers. We feel God's love so ever present in our lives. Love you all!!
:) MN Juliens
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