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And a new adventure is upon the Axman...

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I mentioned in my last blog that Axel has been undergoing occupational therapy for his torticollis and that he would be undergoing a craniofacial evaluation for his little head. His OT is going beautifully.   He's making excellent progress... he really hates it when the OT stretches him, so we have both mutually agreed that the right thing for him is more active participation where he doesn't realize he's working that li'l muscle.   Doing the stretches started to concern the OT because she felt that he was so adverse to them and reactionary that they may have a negative impact because of the level of force he was using to pull away was activating the muscles that we DON'T need to be lengthening.  The other trick we've learned is to wear him out enough that he falls asleep.  He's super easy to stretch when he's passed out. :) I feel pretty lucky that I have a great boss who doesn't blink about the appointments... so I get to skip out of work for a