Week 1

So far so good, the first day or so was a little rocky. I had a couple problems trying to get it on right. First try took about 40 minutes of tinkering. Now, I can slap that puppy on in about 5 or maybe a little less. it is difficult to put on considering Caleb has very limited use and I can't have him help.

It just looks complicated!


when we first started Caleb was only able to manage a pincher grasp using his index finger and thumb. None of his other fingers wanted to cooperate. Now day 5 he is using all the way up to his ring finger. I consider that a pretty remarkable improvement for 5 days worth of use!

                     This photo is from day 1 I will take some now that he can use more fingers

The amount of his success seems to be directly correlated to how awake and alert he is. I did 2 sessions on Saturday, in which he grasped and released 102 balls. We start out making him drop them in a box on the floor, then we move it up to waist height, then I move it up to chest high. No problem for him! He actually was pretty much throwing them in the box and giggling at his success. Sunday was totally different. He usually gets tired fro his seizure meds mid around noon.He told me he wasn't tired, so we decided to give it a go. He was only able to grasp and release maybe 10 balls. He was getting frustrated and that seemed to compound the problem. We had the same issue that evening so we just called it a day. Monday however, I made him take a nap after school, and then in one session he moved 60 balls! So tired = no saebo action for Caleb.

I am going to try and record some of his OT session on Thursday. If we actually get down to it anyway. The past couple sessions have been spent adjusting it to Calebs hand. Which is perfectly fine, because the more fine tuned it is to him the better the end result.So Thursday we should have more to report. Catch up with you all then :)