Clara's Happy Thumbs!

Clara’s speech therapy session on Monday was a blast! You can see Clara facing her challenges with such high spirits. 

As usual, this little girl tried her best and impressed all of us that day. The challenge this week was to keep her lips together when she is not talking. 

Clara had very narrow nasal pathways, therefore she used to be a very strong mouth breather. However she went through surgery in June to open up her nasal passages in order to help her breathe better and hopefully help her sleep apnea.

After her surgery, we’re trying to help Clara get used to breathing with her nose, and to also change her previous habit of leaving her mouth open even when she’s not talking. This will also hopefully help her transition into school, and to decrease the likelihood of anyone picking on her differences. 

Clara was so awesome at remembering to keep her mouth closed and constantly wanted to show it to the speech therapist with such enthusiasm. What a trooper!!! 

Clara’s government funded speech therapy is also coming to an end and has only about 4 more sessions left. To be placed on the government waiting list may mean years before she resumes speech therapy again. This means that the family will have to look for a private speech therapist which would cost them extra money, if not it could be another few years before Clara gets to have speech therapy again! 

Let’s all hope that Clara does not have to wait that long for therapy! 

Therapist Mel