Hello all! Blaise has completed Week 1 of intensive therapy at NAPA Center. (If you have no idea what I am talking about, please see the post titled “I Think I’ll Go to Boston” to get caught up on what Blaise and I are up to!). Overall, I cannot believe what a trooper Blaise is. He is such a fighter, and has powered through frustration and exhaustion during these days. I mean this kid has a legit part time job – because he working in therapy 20 hours each week (times 3 weeks!)!
About Day 1- It was not super great. It was very different from what Blaise is used to and his frustration could be seen during these sessions. Also, to be fair, I was also still learning the ropes and how to properly distract him. So it was definitely a learning day. Here are a few videos of Day 1:
https://youtube.com/shorts/FC_NkxGA4eI
https://youtube.com/shorts/lDb9YOy_b30?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/P-YanKsnwpY?feature=share
Day 2 was better- we both got into the swing of things and he was being such a ham. Blaise is the entertainment for many of the other kids working around him- so at least its therapy and a show 🙂
https://youtube.com/shorts/dUa3wvGutcI?feature=share
Blaise kept chugging along Days 3&4. If you want to see a few videos of these days- just head to my Youtube page to check it out. We use my phone to distract Blaise during many of the sessions, so there are not a lot of opportunities for me to take video because we are distracting him with encouraging videos from his brother or cousins, or dog videos from our family who has them!!
Day 5 Blaise’s body was TIRED. While he still did the therapies with little crying and stayed focus, he required more support from this therapists. For example, earlier in the week they could hold Blaise lower on his legs because he was supporting his weight, but on Friday they had to support him a little higher because he was pretty wobbly. But I am very proud of him for not giving up and finishing Friday STRONG!
https://youtube.com/shorts/wLMPU56kgEA?feature=share
Here we go into week 2!!!