Started the morning off with some yummy breakfast: a thick purple corn type drink called Api and bread with melted cheese. Then we headed to school with our 5 suit cases full of donations! Had to take a taxi to make the trip. Today was physical therapy day at school and we worked with 6 kiddos on everything from rolling to sitting to prone head control and sit to stands. The therapist does an excellent job with the kiddos and there was some great exchange of ideas between Jessica (our peds therapist) and the therapist at the school. The kiddos are so adorable and their smiles and laughs all warm our hearts.
After therapy, we sorted through all our donations and categorized them for the school teachers. They were so excited when they walked into the room and got to pick things out for their students. For every toy they picked, they had a specific kid in mind. It was so cool to see how excited and grateful they were for all these new toys. They are so creative and so passionate in their work. We also brought things for specific physical therapy use, such as kinesio tape and a therapy ball. It was a good feeling to see the excitement and know the good use these toys will bring in the future.
After spending time at the school, we headed back home for lunch. In the afternoon, Jessica, Liz, and Abigail had the opportunity to do a home visit with one of the kids from school. He lived in a 3 story home with about 21 stairs or more. He was on the 3rd floor with his caregiver, and keep in mind someone has to carry him up all those stairs!! I believe he's 10 years old and he has a lot of extensor tone so I just imagine how hard it must be to carry him up and down those steep stairs everyday! He is fortunate enough to have had the same caregiver everyday for the past 3 years, and who was taught exercises by the school physical therapist. We were really impressed by her skill and let her know she was doing a great job. It was evident that she was very caring of the kiddo in the way she treated him. He recently completed attending hydro therapy 3 times a week, and was going to start a new type of physical therapy about 2 times a week. We were really impressed that he was getting all this great care outside of school. We also learned that he has a wooden type stand up frame which he uses daily as well as some AFO's, however, those he had not been using.
Once we returned home, it was nap time for almost everybody. Unfortunately, 1 Husky had to miss a whole day of fun recuperating, 1 had a rough time the night before and was feeling a lil icky, and another started feeling ill in the afternoon and was out for the rest of the night. They are being really well taken care of by our sweet host mom, and hopefully by tomorrow, everyone can feel super! Especially because we have Machu Picchu coming up on Saturday!!
We ended the night with some cool cultural history from our host dad and some translation of this history by Jessica for Catey. It was a great night, and now it's time to sleep. Zzzzzzz....(host dad told me to write that haha :) )
Buenas Noches!
Liz
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