Jenelle is back in Occupational Therapy. We noticed that Jenelle hates any activities that involve the vestibular system (that is your inner ear). She did a lot of crying this summer when she should have been having fun.
Some activities include:
riding a bike
tubing down a river
swimming
summersaults
anything involving heights
kiddie rides at the amusement park
So we are doing a program called astronaut training. It involves A LOT of spinning. Jenelle sits on the office chair and I spin her. She can spin forever without getting dizzy. You're supposed to get dizzy. I get dizzy just watching her. Anyway, her vestibular system seems to be sleeping. We hope all this spinning will get it working normally. We are spinning every day of Christmas break! Let's hope all this work will make the summer a little less scary and a lot more fun.
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