Bob is doing fine

Bob had a good day today. He participated in a copper rubbing activity and had good therapy sessions.

During physical therapy, Bob worked on moving on the bed and practiced transfers (bed to chair and sit to stand). He kicked the ball and practiced moving around on his wheelchair, forward direction only. Yesterday during physical therapy, Bob was evaluated on a machine called locomat. I'm not sure what it does. When I find out I'll post about it.

Bob trained copying words during speech therapy today. He did well with 80% of them. The therapist also practiced one step commands with cues and demonstration. She did not rate him on this in her report. She will be out on vacation for the rest of the week so another speech and language pathologist will work with Bob while she is gone.

My mom submitted a form to the team which included all the measurements of her house. The team will provide suggestions for modifying their living conditions to better accommodate Bob's new life. This won't be done for a while, as a lot can change from now until he is able to come home. (I feel like I wrote this line once before...) My mom did not meet with the case worker after all today so we will have to wait until tomorrow to get the team's most current report.

That's all for now. Bob is settling into the hospital, establishing bonds with the staff and making good progress every day. Thanks for reading and keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming.