This morning I joined John for some of his therapy. At the
end of OT, he had more to show off: he flexed his right foot for me!
He worked with a diction program today, programing his voice
in so that he’ll be able to use Dragon Dictate to write (edited thanks to our personal, on-call 24/7 OT).
In PT, he worked on standing up himself, and it looks like that’s
coming soon. Mike, (his primary PT) also tested for progress. Here, he’s
standing and balancing for 30 seconds:
And here, he’s moving (with Mike’s assistance) for 6
minutes:
His OT taught me how to help him transfer from bed to his
chair and back again, so now I can kidnap him ;) We had homemade split pea soup
with bread from Panera for dinner, and then spent a quiet evening together.
P.S. I got home a little bit ago from my overnight visit and John just called to tell me how PT went this morning (Tuesday): on the treadmill, Mike hooked him up to Geppetto (the strap that helps his knee bend) on the right side, and he got his left knee bending on his own for 5 minutes!
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What a show off. Great to see such improvements and progress.
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Great pics!! John you keep up that hard work, its paying off. Cheering you on from home, but wishing I could be there to see you. Love you! Susan
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