To each of Queena’s current fans, thank you all for your wonderful support and for sharing this journey with her and her family. To all those who are new to Queena, welcome to an amazing story that will fill your heart and build your faith! I have the honor of
Naturally, the most frequently asked question from those that follow, support, know, and love Queena is…”how is she doing?”. From the family’s perspective, we can say that she is happy, healthy, and becoming stronger and more alert every day. But let’s see what others have to say. We asked five
Donations are needed to help Queena continue her art therapy. One of Queena’s favorite and most effective therapies have been her Mneme sessions, a new therapy utilizing painting, singing, and little movements specifically designed for kids and adults with brain damage. Queena looks forward to seeing Mr. Craig Todd, her
In March of 2014, Queena attended a week-long dolphin assisted therapy program at Island Dolphin Care, in Key Largo, Florida. She attended with her mom, her sister and her caretaker. Each day, Queena and the therapy team played in the water with a dolphin named Squirt and then headed up
Pediatric Therapy Services, Inc.Lakeland FloridaTheraSuit Training SessionSept 23, 2013 through October 10, 2013 SUMMARY FOLLOWING QUEENA’S COMPLETION OF THERASUIT TRAINING OF 36 HOURS: 4 DAYS PER WEEK FOR 3 HOURS PER DAY FOR 3 WEEKS. Queena was introduced to therapy techniques during this TheraSuit session that were unfamiliar. She demonstrated
Queena has made remarkable progress over the past few months. Through the use of music related tasks, we are working on fine motor functioning, speech sounds, visual tracking, and the communication of wants and needs. Her greatest area of improvement is evident in her attempts to make sounds that are
Speech and Language Progress Queena has been seen in the home setting three times per week for speech, language, swallowing and oral motor care treatment tasks. Therapy has emphasized oral motor skills, lingual and labial mobility exercises, swallowing for pureed foods, verbal/visual attending skills, and vocal production of vowel sounds. Queena has improved
GOOD NEWS! As with all previous brain pictures the latest one continues to show improvement. Caryn McDemott accompanied Vanna and Queena to her recent Brain Mapping appointment and this is what was discovered… First, there is “a lot of reorganization of the brain.” This means, Queena’s brain continues to seek ways
Queena has been coming to Best Day Fitness Studio for the past year. The staff at Best Day headed by Christopher Tolisano has donated an hour a week to helping Queena on her path to recovery. Morgan Paul, Brianna Castillo, and Marissa Tomilonus have all helped with Queena’s training sessions.
I remember my roommate came home one day in 2011 and shared with me this story in the TBT about a girl working towards recovery from a severe injury in 2008. This girl was, of course, Queena. There was a picture with the article of her in the pool with