Yesterday Nathan and Grandma Julie came to visit. Nathan and Ellie were excited to see each other. He jumped right on her so we had to get him off. He wanted to touch her face and pull on the tubes. Ellie reached out to him and wanted him to sit on her lap. He of course isn't still enough to do that so he ran around the room like a wild man with cousin Hudson. Crazy boys.
Here are Tio Javi and Dennis sitting and visiting with us.
Titi Steph sat with Ellie for a while to visit with her. Hudson held Ellie's hand. He pointed out that she had an owey on her hand. He saw the bruise from where an IV used to be.
Here is another smile for all the visitors. As you see her left eye is wide open a lot. There isn't drooping in her right eye lid, and her left eye still squints when she smiles. Ellie will never get the movement back on the right side of her face unless we do another surgery to split a nerve and reroute it to her face. Then she can learn to move her tongue to make her mouth smile on that side. Other kids have had that surgery and are doing great now. It wouldn't be for a year or more when they'd do that surgery, so we can give her time to see what kind of progress she makes with therapy and healing.
Ellie wanted to open the present right away like she does with all the presents she gets from her family and friends. Typical kid that loves presents. All of the gifts from everyone will come in handy when she has a lot more strength and energy to do activities. She does activities little by little each day.
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