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Small Update

I know I haven’t posted in a while so I just wanted to give a small update. Sarah is doing good, working hard at therapy and school. We extended her school hours this past week so she can get in more subjects like art and music.

We are working towards getting our insurance to cover more therapy. Right now she is going two days a week because we only get so many therapy sessions a year and wanted to spread them out. We would like her to be going three days a week at least for the first couple of years.

I hope to have some new pictures and maybe some videos to post in the next few days.

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5 Responses to “Small Update”

  1. Megan says:
    11. October 2008 at 02:50

    Hi, I’m one of Cheyana’s friends. I’ve been following you’re story from the very beginning, but I haven’t been able to post anything. I hate that Sarah has had such a hard life! And at such a young age, too. I just wanted you to know that you are always in my heart!

  2. Hollis's Mom (Jess) says:
    12. October 2008 at 02:47

    Glad to hear she’s coming along and working hard. Are you not eligible for therapeutic services through school? In our state (MA), if a child has delays relative to her peers (particularly easy to get if they are diagnosed medically), she is eligible for services through the school system. Good luck!

  3. Kelly (Abby's mom) says:
    17. October 2008 at 04:48

    Ask someone from your ped’s office if your state has the Katie Beckett waiver and how it works in your state. In ours, children who have insurance can also have TEFRA which picks up anything insurance doesn’t cover. It doesn’t pay as much to medical offices as our insurance does, but we have paid for nothing when it comes to our daughter. It is a federal program, but each state runs it differently. Ours bases it on our daughter’s income, not ours so she qualified hands down. Loving the progress Sarah is making. Hang in there. Kelly

  4. Caren Jennings says:
    18. October 2008 at 17:07

    Mr. and Mrs. Alward, I work with The Hemi Foundation and I have a small package for Sarah that I’d like to mail out on Monday. I have your street address, but no other information. I also have a couple of other questions to ask you. If you wouldn’t mind please emailing me, I’d love to send you this letter that was just bounced back to me from your email that I have listed on our files.
    Loved your pumpkin pictures - everyone’s in orange- and the cheerleading pictures! They really do tell the story! And that Ava is something else - just precious!
    Hope you’re enjoying your fall - you sure look like it!
    Caren Jennings
    The Hemispherectomy Foundation

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