[post by Julie] After last week's therapies, Bill got sick. Then Ayn. So they've had several days of tiredness, canceled Monday's PT, and are still a tad out of sorts.
Thursday had PT and OT.
PT worked a lot on the standing, walking, weight shifting; overall, working to build trust in the left leg.
OT was a new therapist, Roseanne. It was very interesting to see a different approach. Her work today was very related to the weight shifting done in PT. She had Bill sitting, and kept going round and round, checking his alignment, where is the pelvis sitting, let's lean straight forward to take the weight off the butt then go back to just the right spot. She also had a different approach to opening that curling left hand. Instead of slowly prying the fingers, roll the palm over, and massage the "palm pad," pushing from the wrist into the palm of the hand. Lots of shoulder movement was included, too. A very busy session.
Several administrative things for me to take care of today, but you just want to hear Bill's progress, right?
Next week will include the long-awaited trip to Dever's Eye Institute (at Good Sam) for the neuro-eye doc; is he still having issues with field cuts or peripheral limitations? She'll let us know.
We're thinking of planning an Alaskan cruise trip. Yes, a little scary given the Norovirus on the recent Caribbean Lines. Looking at Princess -- anybody have any experience or suggestions to us novice maybe-cruisers?
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