Went back to the hospital today for her one week check up. they took another chest x-ray and they said that it looked good. There is still some bruising on her lung but it looks good and is going away. Her entry point from were the chest tube was looks excellent they said. Over all she is back to normal. She still wants to be carried and held way more than she ever has. They told me to start trying to get back to normal. Which means to cut down on the baby stuff. Anytime a child suffers trauma they can resort back to baby like tendencies. Her independence is very slowly coming back. She's waking up much better in the morning now. For the first days she would wake up crying in the morning. Even if she woke up on her own.
Things are getting back to normal slowly. The other thing that we have to work on is her fear of being around the horses. the other day when we took her she was afraid of the big horses. That's good to a degree. She has recognized that she was hurt by one of them. But she also has to over come the fear at some point and just be cautious rather than afraid. We don't want her taking that fear with her as she grows up and becoming worse rather than better.
I would prefer that she becomes cautious instead of staying afraid. She needs to develop that cautious attitude at some point. With most animals she's not afraid. That's how kids get injured and this is the prime example. With dogs and cats she's not afraid to put her face in their personal space and that's how kids get bit... or the not being aware of causing the animal pain or discomfort. I went to school with some one who was bit by a family pet who turned on her because she wasn't aware. She was pretty young but much older than April.
Over all things are going good. Let's hope that they stay good...
