January 22, 2010

Man, what a GREAT day Mom had!!!! She was up and walking with the Physical Therapist today....about the same distance as yesterday which is down the hallway. After that, the Occupational therapist was working with her. So exciting. When she saw me come into the room while they were working with her she said, "hey baby" like she knew EXACTLY who I was. Then I said, "you guys keep going, I am gonna go talk to the nurse and be right back". When I came back they were finishing up and she looked at me and said, "we are done now". It was so clear like she was 100% again. When then started looking through the flashcards she would try to not answer by just answering "a nice looking couple" or "that one guy". But, if you don't let her get away with that and have her focus and look again she would get a lot of them right. She is still talking to invisible people and talking about random things....like putting words together that do not make sense which I think is normal....but would to check into it to make sure. She ate a great lunch and was exhausted from her activities so took a nap almost as soon as she finished lunch. This evening Johnny got her to sort a deck of cards by suite (one of the tips from the speech therapist to get her mind working). At first she had a hard time, but after she got going....oh man....she was going to town going faster and faster. Johnny was amazed and so was I when he told us. She also read the poster board 3 times. This woman was so worn out from working so hard today that she was PASSED out when Brent, Amelia and I went this evening to see her and Johnny. We were all talking and laughing and she didn't even budge. Keep it up Mom! We are sooooooo proud of you!