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Day 615 - Side Scooting, Suction Catheter Surplus, & Pears 🍐

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Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 Today James had physical therapy. Our focus was to get James on his hands, bearing weight through his shoulders. However he wanted to show us how fast and far he could go. His preferred method of travel is to lay on his side and push on the ground with his feet. He can go pretty fast! While James took his morning nap Mom posted in several Facebook groups supplies for donation, because honestly it's taking up a lot of room. We have an excessive amount of suction catheters. At first we thought we would need these but we ended up not using open suction. Maybe once James has trials off the vent but we honestly have thousands and could donate several boxes. Mom reached out to local special needs daycares, charities, and hospice but either received no responses or they were not interested. You wouldn't think it would be hard to give away free medical supplies. 😵‍💫 There ended up being a few caregivers who were interested in a few boxes. So Mom shipped t...