Meghan's Healing Team at Home

"The Torturer".............................
..................not really, just Meghan's private name for Mark, her Physical therapist. He accepts no excuses, listens to no complaints and expect more from her with each visit. We are blessed to have him as a part of her team.
Mrs Stoll, Meghan's Speech Therapist at Clarence Middle School. They've done a lot of evaluations and we have learned that Meghan has a visual/spacial perception issue that is neurologically based. They still work on pronunciation and articulation for the dysarthria.
Mrs Gardiner, Meghan's Occupational Therapist, who incorporates fun and challenging games whereby Meghan has to use a variety of muscles. This frog toss game looks easy but Meghan is balancing on two half air balls at her knees and two more at her hands. This requires flexibility and stability through the hips and shoulders or the toss could cause her to lose her balance.
Finally, Ms Sobodka, Meghan's Math Tutor from Clarence Middle School. They work daily on 7th Grade math, trying to get Meghan caught up. Ms Sobodka is truly a blessing for Meghan, she is so kind and patient and loving in her teaching style. She is always looking for different methods for adaptation for a sporadic memory like Meghan's. She is another blessing that we are genuinely grateful for.
Wheatgrass.........Meghan's favorite! Definitely joking about that one! An angel named Bonnie grows the wheatgrass for us so that Meghan can drink that juice daily. Pretty horrific taste (it actually tastes like grass clippings) but the nutritional benefits of wheatgrass are astounding: Sources says that one ounce of wheatgrass juice is equivalent in vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to two and a half pounds of green vegetables.
One of Meghan's favorite activities is Wedgits. Since learning Meghan has spacial perception problems, Wedgits have become an integral part of our day as she has to take a 2 dimensional image on a card and build a 3 dimensional structure to duplicate it. (Made even more difficult as she only has one functioning hand!)
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A side note: We could use prayers that our application to Medicaid gets approved, quickly. Friday June 11th is the last day that insurance will provide coverage for Meghan as we have used up all our benefits. We applied for Medicaid to cover us for the end of the year, but it's an unbelievably slow process. We don't want to have to stop our private therapies--especially the memory therapist!