Before and after my DBS, I did the gait lab at Gillette Children’s. The gait lab is where I was videotaped walking. The first time I did it, my Mom wasn’t sure I could do it because she needed 3 other people to get me into the gait trainer. A gait trainer is a type…

In 2005, me, my family and a bunch of our friends, the Streses, went on a Mexican cruise. I had a blast. We had one of my PCA’s at that time, Marianne, along with us to take care of me some of the time. We went whale watching in Cobo San Lucas and I sat…

For my grandma and grandpa’s 50th anniversary, me and my whole family took a cruise to Alaska and Canada. We went from Ketchikan to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. We went on Norwegian Cruise Line. Some nights we ate all together as a big family and the other nights we ate as individual families. It was…

Every summer since 2004 I have been going to Camp Courage up in Maple Lake. Camp Courage is an all-accessible camp. I go to the adult session which is ages 18 and up. I had counselors from all over the world this year. I had one counselor from Dublin, England named Elodie. I had the…

When I was little, me, my family and my grandparents got together at the Northfield Golf Club. We went for Mother’s Day. I just socialized because it is hard for me to eat at a restaurant. My Grandpa Peterson liked to do pig Latin. He would say “I sleet a slit not a sleet I…

I eat smoothies. I had a bad bout with constipation in 2011. That is how I started eating them. I like them with fruit and yogurt. The yogurt gives it body. I use a Ninja blender. I use canned fruit and frozen fruit. When I use all canned fruit, my smoothies turn out runny. I…

I use a KidCo food grinder. I use it for small things like cake and cookies. I used to use it for everything. It is hard to use the food grinder for everything nowadays because it doesn’t get the food ground up well enough. I don’t take it with me out to eat anymore either.…

I take having someone new very seriously. I have a new P. C. A. named Bella. I am nice and patient. I let the trainer talk. I like to start them off with food that is easy to make me. I tell them as much information about how I like things as I can on…

The day after Christmas Eve when me and my brother were little, my grandma and grandpa came down to see what we got for Christmas. My grandma and grandpa didn’t come down for a few years. One day at eating therapy, I asked them “What happened to you coming down and visiting with us on…

Me and my Dad’s side get together. We have quite the get together. My uncle, Mark and my Dad make it into a party. They tell crazy stories about farm animals. When my grandma was alive, one time I asked her “Were Mark and my Dad this crazy when they were little?” laughing. My grandma…