Day 37 - Friday January 20, 2012

The big news of the day is that Bridgett actually spoke words today!  She went to speech therapy and I told them the cough thing worked for one word at a time, but she said it hurt her throat.  So, they said we will go back to humming (which she couldn't do yesterday).  They tried humming and today she could do it.  So, she would hum and say one word.  She was able to count and answer yes and no to questions (correctly!). And they had her practice saying hi dad so that she could surprise Mark.  After therapy I called Mark and when he answered she said (hum) hi dad!  He was so surprised!  He said how are you and she said (hum) good.  Every time she says something, she has to say hum first or there is only a whisper.  After that I called Stephany and told her to put the phone on speaker.  Bridgett said (hum) hi this is Bridgett.  (hum) do you want to hum with me!  I thought that was go funny!  They said a few things.  Then I called Tyler and she left a message for him.  I bet that surprised him.  Then I called Jenn.  She told Jenn (hum) you should come and see me.  It was cute.  Jenn started to choke up.  I wanted to call Scott next, but by that time Bridgett said her throat was hurting and she couldn't talk anymore today.  And she actually didn't make another sound.  But, every day should be better!  When we went to physical therapy later I saw the speech therapists and told them and I choked up and so did they!  Everyone was SO HAPPY!