Hump Day!!

I arrived this morning and he was getting ready.  I helped him finish, but I will not go into any gory details.  Anyone who knows him, would know that he would be mortified if I did that!!  I found out that yesterday he wasn't feeling well.  I wasn't able to go as I was filling out more paperwork for disablility and dealing w/some other stuff.  Allergy season is in full swing as well!!  Ugh!!  It was a headache and stomachache.  He wasn't able to do therapy, but he looks much better today.  Some redness in one eye which I let the nurse know about so they could look at it.  I am sure it is nothing. 

Anyway, off to Speech Therapy.  Nathan his Speech Therapist (ST) told me he has problems with some sounds which is normal after a stroke.  Those sounds include b, c, k, m, ch and j.   He knows the words but can not get them from his brain to his mouth.  He does well recognizing who people are on paper but sometimes confuses women w/women and men w/men.  An example is classes of people.  Sister vs. daughter.  This is also normal.  He is making good progress and if you see him having problems w/the word, showing him how to make the sound w/your mouth is a good way to prompt him.  He got them all while doing this w/flash cards today.  By the way, Nathan and his wife had a baby girl 2 days ago!! 

Then PT.  He was going to walk but Beth and Mark decided to work on transferring from the chair to the mat. I was taught how to help him transfer from the chair (as in wheel) to the mat (a huge bench w/a permanent mat on it).  And then back to the chair.  When Beth and Mark found out we have a flight of stairs, they decided he should practice walking up and down the stairs.  Big problem w/this is keeping his right leg "tall".  This means locked and not bending.  But he went up and then down.  Down is more difficult, but he did it. 

Next up OT.  Eric, his OT, went over some stuff w/us and then went over the bathroom at our townhouse.  Again, will not go into any details as this is mortally damaging to his sense of independence.  Then he worked on standing at a hospital tray and picking bean bags out of Eric's hand and stacking them on the opposite side.  All the while keeping his right arm on the tray.  This worked his right leg. 

After all of this he was exhausted!  I had to go shortly after his family showed up.  His niece had an appointment here in KC today. 

Leslie, the girl and the boy!