Forging ahead

They have pinpointed the source of Chukka's fever -- she has some infection in one of the legs. This is basically being treated the same way they did in Austria-- they suction out the infection once or twice a day, and then pack the site with some kind of dressing that draws the rest of the fluid out. At the same time, they are hitting her with antibiotics., switching them as necessary.

This sounds all very scary, but she is doing well. She is back to a full schedule of occupational and physical therapy -- 3 hours a day of each of them. Physical therapy is about strengthening and learning how to use her body in general -- there is a PT room with a huge mat where she can do rolls and so on. OT is more about how to do specific things for every day -- like getting into the shower, doing the laundry (yes, there's a washing machine on the floor, and she will learn how to do her own clothes) , etc. She is forging ahead, zooming around in her wheelchair and is in good spirits again, after a brief hard patch during the worst of the fever (on her birthday no less -- how rotten is that?)