Walking and Playing...WOW

As Riley weens off the steroids, her sweet personality is coming through more and more. Tonight she played it the bath with Avery. It was so great to see her laughing, playing, and smiling. She has developed this laugh that sounds like such a mischevious little chuckle. After that she actually let Jenni put her down on the living room floor and she ended up walking over to me, then to her toy baskets to play...WOW. It was the first time that she has really walked since her surgery, she was a little unsteady...no suprise, since she has gained 20% of her bodyweight and hasn't walked in 3 weeks :) Her mood is still swinging back and forth though, and for every smile there's a time where she is trying to claw at her face because she wants a snack. There is definitely more and more of the sweet/happy Riley coming through every day.

Her digestive system is definitely still trying to recover too. It's hard to say how much of her trouble is related to the steroids, and how much is related to digestive difficulties. Tomorrow is the last day of the Decadron, so we will see in 2-3 days what changes. I think that has a lot to do with her huge belly and puffy cheeks. She is definately gaining weight though, she is almost unrecognizable to me...it's crazy. She will see her pediatrician later this week, and her ped. GI specialist next week to monitor her nutrition/weight/etc.