Make a Smilebox slideshow

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Finally we are back into the groove of things. It took Austin a whole week, but I believe he is finally back into his routine. His class and teachers were so excited to see him back. Austin's physical therapist here in Arizona noticed a difference in Austin at therapy this past Monday. In a positive way. She was able to work with the OT in his session on Monday and did some exercises with Austin that she wouldn't have thought of a month ago. Austin did quite well, and everyone was happy.
Bill did some "home program" exercises with Austin on Saturday and said that Austin was laughing through them. We haven't quite started our routine yet, but are slowly "getting with the program!" We ordered his equipment and hopefully will have it next week. Most of Austin's therapist's noticed some good changes in Austin from physical to better eye contact and better communication skills. We have noticed at home that Austin has a desire to want to eat more!!! About time. Hope it continues. If any of you bloggers out there can direct me how to put pictures on Austin's website, I would be so grateful. I would like to put them in a slideshow format if possible!!! Thank you again to everyone for making Austin's trip possible. We are so fortunate to have all of you in our lives.

Days 18 & 19 of therapy. Lots of learning to do, and after this, looks like Bill can earn his CME certificates one and two. He is doing very well with the exercises with Austin. Very impressive. Ramone stated today that the time he has spent with Austin has gone by very fast. He said that Austin is not quite ready to be walking yet, but his brain is receiving the signals, and with every day he will get closer and closer. He sees great improvement in Austin since we first arrived three and a half weeks ago and he says we will see more and more over the next few weeks. This has been such a great experience for us. We have learned so many new things about this wonderful type of therapy called CME and the potential that Austin and his brain truely have. We have experienced such a neat culture and made some great friends while here. The future is going to be so great for the Benschneider Family with Austin's new found abilities. We are tentatively scheduling our next session for Austin in Chile for October 2009, this time however, we will only be staying two weeks instead of four. This is not the end of Austin's journey, just the beginning. I will continue to blog and keep updates going and hopefully get some videos on here (one day!). Thank you so much to everyone for their love, support, prayers and encouragement, It has made our trip a great success. We will be leaving for home on Saturday the 28th at 11 pm at night. We will get to LA on Sunday morning at 0740. Looking forward to being home again and seeing Zach.