Tuesday March 8, 6:00pm

Garren has had a great start to his week. After the family meeting on Monday, Garren had another session with Tara (occupational therapy). Tara had Garren sitting up in bed, with his arms laying on a makeshift desk. She strapped his arm into what she called a "skateboard for his arm." It's a molded piece of plastic with wheels on the bottom. She placed Garren's arm on the desk in front of him and asked him to move it. Nancy said she could see the concentration in his eyes as he steadily began to slide his hand toward the middle.

Monday evening the nurse had to give Garren some medication with an IV. When they are done with the medication, they flush the IV with saline, which feels cold going into the arm. Nancy said she was watching to see if Garren would react. Sure enough, he lifted his entire arm up, about 2 inches off the mattress, and then back down!

And then today during his speech therapy, Wren saw Garren move his tongue. That's the first time we've seen any movement like that. Nancy also saw Garren 'smack' his lips a couple of times. These are the first steps toward swallowing.

Some very exciting baby steps for Garren. I can't wait to see what he does next!