Okay. Today wasn't as packed as yesterday. I missed the morning session where the doctors did rounds and had him at the parallel bars to stand and take a couple of steps.
I also wasn't at his first half-hour for Speech in the morning, but in the afternoon she had him do a "listening" exercise. She plays a recording of a man saying numbers, "9..8..7..6..1..2..5..4..5..6....." Bill is holding a clicker, and any time a number is one more than the previous number, he clicks. So he clicks on the "2" because it is one more than "1." He clicks when 4 goes to 5, and again when it goes to 6. It becomes a little difficult after a while because the guy's voice is pretty monotone -- I found myself drifting.
Then she had him do some work with menus. The purpose was to scan for information. What kind of crust do they use? (Thin) How much does a small cheese pizza cost? How much is a 12" with pepperoni, olives, and green peppers? Then a different menu was hotel room service. What time can you get room service, etc. She continued having him make notes on this days activities.
Physical therapy had various movement and strengthening exercises: bridge, crunches, knee squeezes.
Most exciting for me was "nursing" time which resulted in the picture above. It is a standing frame, and he is pretty strapped in, going for 15 minutes.
The smile is all natural, no coaxing required!
Julie, thank you for the continued updates. Bill is looking beautiful. :) We continue to send you all good juju everyday. Kim and Jon
ReplyDeleteDitto what Kim said. Thank you so much!
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