Slowly but surely. Ella has been completely flat, 100% of the time, for the past 5 1/2 weeks.  Today she had another follow-up appointment with her orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Grayhack.  He said her bones still have a ways to go in terms of healing (probably another 6 weeks until almost fully healed), but we can start having her sit up very gradually over the next two weeks!  Yay!!! Michael and I have discussed when Ella should start kindergarten and we've decided that we are not going to have Ella start this Wednesday with the other kids.  Caring for Ella while she's transitioning to sitting is quite involved.  While the staff at Prairie Elementary are ready, willing and certainly capable of caring for Ella, we feel with her still being in diapers, having continuous  feeds (instead of quick bolus feeds throughout the day), and knowing that moving her is still precarious at best, we feel that at this point it's be...