Saffi Had Surgery...

Saffi had surgery today on her left foot. She is resting comfortably in the hospital and is in fairly good spirits (translation: she is sleeping a lot with the help of the pain medication). She is expected to be released tomorrow afternoon to come home and start her recovery. The poor little girl will need to stay off her feet and for eight weeks. Luckily, the doctor ordered a wheelchair to be delivered to our house.

So, since mommy is staying the night with Saffi, the boys and I are going to tear up the....house. It's a bachelors pad for the night, which means pizza and...juice boxes for our lucky boys. Yummy, Yummy!!!

So you know that Sawyer can Talk?


This is a description from his behavioral specialist:
At the present time, Sawyer is able to navigate the front page of the Dynavox-V and select the subject and verb. He is also able to go to the category icon, select the category and the item. He is very proficient at navigating these five steps. This enables him to make simple three word phrases which include a subject, verb, and object. We are working on introducing him to adding adjectives to his phrases and also to make comments using helping and action verbs. Sawyer is most proficient with “I want ____” and “I have _____” statements. We are presently working on expanding his statements to use a variety of verbs and adjectives and also with using correct syntax order.

We are very excited that Sawyer now has a way to communicate his needs and want to us without getting frustrated. He has been using the Dynavox talking system at school and at home. It is amazing to watch him navigate through the pages of information on this system. We are very proud of our little man. You go Sawyer.