My 6th #20Time Reflection

Hey this is Kay! Today I am going to talk to you about the therapy that Kade has to have. Kade has to have therapy four times a week. He has physical therapy on Wednesday. In physical therapy Kade works on sitting up by himself and playing with his toys. He has occupational therapy, vision therapy, and speech therapy on Thursdays. Occupational therapy is a form of therapy for those recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Vision therapy is when they work on Kade seeing things. He plays with toys that light up and are very bright so he can see them. In speech therapy they work on Kade eating things. They also try to get him to make sounds since he can't talk yet. On Fridays his Pre K teacher comes to his house from Hart County SKIP. The teacher just comes to play with him on those days. They work on playing with toys and playing with paint. After therapy Kade is very tired (especially on Thursdays.) When the therapist leaves Kade most of the time takes a nap. I want to be a physical therapist when I grow up, so I enjoyed learning about the kinds of therapy that Kade does. All in all, I enjoyed learning about these things more than I have the others even though everything I have learned is pretty interesting. Well that's all I have for today! -Kay

My 5th #20 Time Reflection

Hey this is Kay! Today I am going to talk about the kind of stretches Kade does and the braces he has to wear. Kade has to do his stretches because he has cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy causes the muscles to be tight. If Kade does not stretch then his muscles won't go back to normal. The tightest part of Kade's body is his arms, so we start by stretching those. We stretch his arms over his head and across his body. Next, we stretch his legs. We stretch his legs apart and up. Then, we stretch his back by turning him side to side while sitting up. After that, we lean him side to side. Lastly, we move his neck up and down, and side to side. Now I'm going to tell you some more about Kade's braces. Kade has AFOs, which are his short braces. To put those on you have to slide them on his feet and then you strap them around his legs. He has to keep his AFOs on almost all day. Kade's long braces are called KFOs. The long braces are to help keep his legs straight. He only wears these braces for about an hour or so. To put these on you have to slide them on his kegs and then strap them around his legs. Kade also has a thing called a separator that keeps his legs apart when he has on his braces. The last kind of braces that Kade has are thumb braces, which he doesn't wear a lot. In order to learn all of this I went up to his house for about an hour. His mother told me about all of these things and even let me put the braces on Kade. I was very confused about all of his braces and his stretches at first but then I understood. I have to take a lot of notes in order to remember all of these things. My next post will be about about Kade's therapy. Well that's all I have for today! -Kay

My 4th #20 Time Reflection

Hey this is Kay! Today I am going to be talking to you about Kade's daily schedule. During the day, while his mom is at work, Kade stays with his baby sitter, Mrs. Cindy. Mrs. Cindy has kept Kade ever since he was a little baby, so she knows everything about him. Mrs. Cindy arrives at Kade's house at about 6:30 in the morning, so she can get him up and get him ready while his parents get ready for work and his brother gets ready for school. The first thing Mrs. Cindy does when Kade wakes up is she gives him his medicines and his breathing treatment. Second, she stretches him. She stretches his arms, legs, back, and neck. Third, she gives him his first bottle which he takes out of a sippy cup. Fourth, she puts Kade in his stander, which helps him stand up straight. Fifth, she puts him in the floor and plays with him. She tries to make him follow the commands she tells him and use his hands and arms to play with toys. Sixth, she puts him in his swing that is inside of their house. Swinging helps his brain to develop. Seventh, she gives Kade his second bottle of the day out of a sippy cup. Eighth, Kade takes a nap. Ninth, Kade sits in his firefly chair and plays with toys and watches games on the IPad. Tenth, Kade takes another bottle at 4:00. Eleventh, Kade swings more in his swing and has more tummy time. Twelfth, Mrs. Cindy leaves at about 5:30 or 6 and Kade plays until bedtime. Thirteenth, at about 8:30 Kade takes a bath and gets his medicine and breathing treatments. Lastly, Kade is rocked in his chair until he falls asleep. Yesterday I went up to Kade's house and learned all about his daily schedule from his mom. I had to take many notes in order to remember all of these things about Kade. Well that's all I have for today! -Kay