Baby steps

Quick update to say that Hannah tried to take a few steps today which is awesome.  She's not afraid at all to try, which can sometimes happen with kids after SDR-they get anxious to try out their new bodies.  She did have a pretty hard time bearing weight and sort of buckled and wasn't able to hold herself up, but we tried to get her to push down into the floor with her feet which she was able to do a few times.

She also ventured out in the wheelchair again, this time for a much longer stretch-probably close to an hour-we checked out another playroom and then made our way down to the gift shop so she could pick out a new "guy"-which is what she and Isabelle call their stuffed animals-and a new blanket.  After this excursion, she didn't need any pain meds and was still up for sitting up in bed to read lots of stories after.   She also ate like a horse-finally the lack of food for the past few days caught up with her!

So, energy is slowing coming back as are bits of the Hannah personality we know and love.  She is still mostly very subdued and speaks in a super quiet whisper, but hopefully she'll start coming out of her shell a little more each day.  That part is the hardest for me-not knowing what's going on inside her head and worrying about all of the things that she might be thinking and feeling.  I miss my  bright bubbly girl...