Physio

A post from Brice

I took Mackenzie to her first physio appointment. While I had yet to experience this, it was no sooner than we went in the room with the physio that Mackenzie was crying and trying to get away from the lady. This is despite the lady not touching nor being overly close to her. Mackenzie seems to know when we are at a "health center" and its for her. So the physio sat back as Mackenzie and I played to try and get her to calm down. Mackenzie still wanted none of it. The physio left the room for awhile and Mackenzie continually checked the door and looked around the room to make sure she was gone for good. When the physio returned, Mackenzie had settled down and was playing. However, she frequently glanced over her shoulder to keep an eye on the lady and refused to crawl about as she usually would, instead choosing to sit and keep her back towards the physio and facing me.

As we played the physio asked what it was we were looking for her to help with. It turns out the lady that gets the referral, books the appointment, and then actually does the physio are all different people. Thus, the physio was not sure what we needed. After explaining Mackenzie's story up to then and how the Dr. didn't want anyone touching her, she decided she would just watch Mackenzie and how she got around in her brace. With a little coaxing we got Mackenzie to crawl and stand. The physio was impressed with what she was capable of doing in her brace and commented that because she was doing all that she could already (crawl, sit, stand) in her brace, there was nothing she could help with at this point anyway. So we booked an appointment to follow shortly after we visit the Dr. again for our 6 week post-spica checkup. The physio requested a prescription from the Dr. that specifies the limitations (weight, movement, etc.), if any, for Mackenzie so she knows what she can and cannot do with her.