After the scoliosis scare I wanted to do something light with Maggie. I wanted to celebrate with some new fish for her tank. We had bought a fish tank for her many moons ago and she loves it, and I wrote about the decision to do that here: Swims with the Fishes But beyond that[…]
When we were first told about Rett Syndrome the doctor suggested we start immediately on Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Hippotherapy. While the first three were familiar, Hippotherapy was not. “It’s horseback therapy,” we were told. “For scoliosis,” we were told. “But she doesn’t have scoliosis,” we reminded the doctor. “Not yet,” said[…]
Guest blog – submitted by my brother Steve Tesler with help from Maggie’s cousins, Leo and Zeke Tesler. So grateful to have a village of people who go the extra mile. Every December for the past couple of years, my kids break out their piggy banks and apportion a certain percentage of their accumulated[…]
We’d wanted to have a baby since Maggie was 1. I have two brothers (much older) and Jenny has a sister (close in age) and we’re both very appreciative of the relationships we have with our siblings. They challenge us (both my brothers and Jenny’s sister), they help us grow as people (Jenny’s sister), and[…]