Mary and Lola

Recently, Lola finished up almost a year of physical therapy here at home. Our wonderful physical therapist, Mary, specializes in helping infants and toddlers overcome problems in their physical development. In our case Lola has a condition called hypotonia, which means low muscle tone, and because of that, she experienced delayed gross motor skills, including rolling over, sitting up, and walking.

Lola, Mary, and Maggie sharing cake after Mary's last visit.

Physical therapy helped Lola understand how to approach standing, walking, and balancing and gave us the tools to practice with her during the week between sessions. We still don't know the underlying cause of Lola's hypotonia but with lots of work she is now running around, climbing stairs, and, instead of sitting on the sidelines in day care, she's able to keep up with the crowd at playtime.

We are so very thankful to Mary for all of her help and Lola still asks about her. We hope she'll visit with us again sometime soon.