Outsmarted

Today we watched daddy’s occupational therapist work with his right shoulder, arm and wrist. We were able to see some movement in his shoulder as she had him work on putting his wheelchair break in the off and on position. We’ve been told that the large muscles (shoulder, bicep) will typically come back first followed by the small muscles (wrist, fingers). Daddy takes a head on approach in his occupational and physical therapy sessions, he’s a hard worker and the therapist typically have to make him slow down and take a break. I love his go-getter spirit!

Daddy worked with a new speech therapist today since his normal therapist is off for a few days. She worked with him on saying some familiar phrases. She would write each phrase on a white board and have daddy repeat after her. They worked on “I’m hungry,” “I want to lay down,” “I’m thirsty,” and “I have to go to the bathroom.” He would be able to get each phrase out with some difficulty, tried until he got it right. She even got him to introduce me, “My daughter, Jessica." I would like to highlight that he said my name first, sorry #1 and #3.

After each meal daddy is supposed to stay sitting up for 30 minutes in order to let his food digest. The nurses let us know that daddy still does not like this plan and continues to show off his independence by trying to get himself into his bed from his wheelchair. Today, in order to keep him safe, the nurses went ahead and put him in bed after his meal (to his grinning delight). The nurses then outsmarted him and promptly moved his bed into a sitting position! To top it all off daddy cannot reach the remote to lay his bed back down. He thought he one that battle… 

Nurses: 1 Daddy: 0

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