More of Ella

Ella was three months old on Saturday. My, how she has grown from that little baby that came home with her mom and dad from the hospital back in August. Someone had asked me what the chest therapy was like. Every morning and evening David and Sabrina do "thumping" on Ella's chest and back. When the two of them are doing it, it takes about ten minutes. If only one does it, obviously it takes a bit longer. When I went with Sabrina to the CF clinic in Charlottesville, the physician explained that she does not have a buildup of mucous in her lungs yet, but they are having them do the therapy so that she will be used to it, and they will as well. When she gets a little older, there is a vest that they can use to do the therapies.

Sometimes she screams while they do it; sometimes she's placid as you see her here.
See, she does smile. One day while sitting on the couch with her, her mom picked up my camera and began snapping away. I miss that little girl. I can hardly wait until they come visit at Christmas and then again when I can go back and be Grammy again in the flesh.