I hate to disappoint Brendan, but Emily really enjoyed the new Harry Potter movie, but then again she's not in the mood to diss much of anything these days and she'd seen "Ghost Riders" the night before, so her expectations may have been exceptionally low. In any event, we made it to the movie and we all had a great time. Ken and I set a personal best for a car transfer - 6 minutes!

We got a little positive news on the ankle situation today. We took off the tape and while there's still swelling, there's no blood pooling which there would be with any kind of tear. She did have an x-ray this afternoon and will probablyl have a consult with an orthopedic surgeon later this week, but hopefully we're still just looking at an achilles issue and not that plus torn ligaments. Today's PT's theory is the nerve block took longer than expected to work and it loosened things up while she was in her "ballet" cast. When the cast came off on Thursday, Friday's work stretched everything more than it had been stretched in months, which lead to the pain and swelling. Let's hope today's theory is correct. It doesn't mean she won't need surgery, but it does mean we can continue with really productive PT. We're trying out another new brace and if it continues to look good in a day or two we'll go back to the standing exercises.

Overall we had a good day today. She did some great work in OT, PT and ST. We raced back from X-ray to make mat class. She was in her typical, great mood all day. And tomorrow's another day - exactly 30 days from tomorrow Em will come home!

We're trying to check e-mail in the afternoon around 4-4:30. If you can't visit but are available around that time, I know Em would love to chat.