Malia Moore

May 24th 2011

I have been home now for ten days. During the last ten days I have been feeling better. The antibiotics are always hard on my tummy. The last few nights I have had a real hard time sleeping as my tummy keeps cramping up. I have not slept very well in days and have been keeping my mom and dad up most of the night! My mom has been giving me yogurt and probiotics to help keep the good bacteria alive in me! It is always tough with antibiotics as they kill all the good and bad bacteria! By Friday, I began to sleep again as a matter of fact I was sleeping pretty much the entire day! I always keep my parents on their toes! One minute they are worried about me not sleeping at all and then the next minute they are worrying that I am sleeping too much! Poor mom and dad! It is a constant battle with me! Ha! I like to think I am keeping them young!

Tomorrow me and mom and dad are going back into San Jose so that I can have my urine tested and cultured again and have another blood test to make sure that the bacteria has gone away and that all is good with me! I am feeling better! My grandparents are going back to Texas as well so we are all going into together. I have had a really good time with them and it has been great to have them so close by! Thanks so much for bringing down my new Special Tomato Seat! I am looking really good in it! And thanks grandpa for strolling me around when I was crying alot it really helped me to calm down!

I sure hope all my tests come back okay as I am ready to get back home and truly get my groove back!

Love Malia

May 14th 2011

Mom, Sofia and I made it back to Delicias with no problems! We had  our welcoming committee waiting for us! My dad, grandparents, and of course Selva and Indio were so happy to see us! I did really well on the trip home in the car. I was just super tired and ready to relax and hang out with everyone. I still am having a fever but it is not as high as before.

I am really enjoying hanging out with Gammy and Pa Pa Shroyer. Sofia and I started back at therapy. I did not have a ton of energy but we started slow and easy. One day, my  mom had me over her shoulder, normally I have my head down but this time I lifted my head up and looked around and I held it there for a while! My mom actually felt my muscles working in my back and neck and she screamed with excitement to Sofia to look and sure enough she saw me do it and we were all so happy! It was cool holding my head up and turning it around! I could see so much more!

One day my grandparents came out to watch me work out with Sofia. I was really showing off and working hard. Well actually Sofia says I always stop working out hard when I have an audience but either way my grandparents were totally impressed! Sofia makes this clucking sound with her mouth and lately I have been mimicking her. Everybody thinks it is really cute. I have the biggest desire to talk. Some days I try and try to say something. It is on my tongue but I just cant get the word out of my mouth. I will keep on trying though and maybe just one day I will say something profound!!!

Love Malia