All streaks remain in tact (though daily blog posting has been a bit delayed - we'll blame Canada). Noah had a full day of activity and was really ready for bed by about 5pm....we kept him going until about 6:30 so as to not throw him off too badly. Anita and Janet made the drive down from Toronto to visit for the day. Noah loved having a new audience for the day. Lots of play time - we took his foam mat outside on the patio and he was able to roll around and have all sorts of fun with everyone - including Gracie the Dog.
Two stints with the constraint wrap to work on his right arm and he did really well! The morning session he didn't even make a peep - the afternoon he complained a bit while we put it on him, but then rather quickly went about playing. We try to have him go for 15 minutes, twice a day at this point. We base it on how he tolerates the constraint with the goal being to gradually increase the time. The constraint itself is like an ace bandage with a sleeve on one end - you slide his arm into the sleeve and then wrap the rest of the bandage around his body so it keeps his left arm (strong arm) in to his body. This then forces him to use his right arm (weaker arm) to play.
We continue to see progress - baby steps - and that is what we want. He is happy as ever as ever and is starting to acknowledge that his right arm is part of his body...exciting stuff north of the border!
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