Lizzy is such a happy girl. Thanks to some wonderful sponsors, she goes to school at Heshima and absolutely loves it! And thanks to a wonderful donor, we have been able to purchase some home equipment for Lizzy so that she can practice her new skills at home!
Lizzy will still get her therapy, though. We will have several therapists come to the house for PT, OT and possibly speech. The saddest part of all of it is that she will terribly miss her best friend at school, Aggie. They are quite a pair, and oh-so-adorable!
Elizabeth has come a LONG way in the nine months she has been at Haven of Hope!! Just in case you had forgotten (or never knew), when she came she could barely hold her head up for just a few seconds. She was very limp and had minimal control over any part of her body other than her right arm.
Now, Lizzy can do so much more!! Here are just a few of her great accomplishments. She can...
- sit unassisted for more than 5 minutes,
- pull herself up to a sitting position when she falls forward,
- reach her right arm over her head,
- reach her left arm to her shoulder,
- grasp for and hold objects in both hands,
- roll front-to-back and back-to-front,
- scoot a few feet across the floor,
- kick her right leg to move objects,
- clap to music,
- gesture to call someone to "come,"
- gesture to direct someone to sit,
- use sign to communicate some requests,
- produce sounds and some words to communicate.
Thank you to all of YOU who partner with us! Because of our HCO family and the great work of the Lord, Elizabeth is truly an example of a changed life.
What a blessing to be a part of this ministry!!
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