First Outing

Bob had a large cheering section today. Besides our family of four, my cousin Cecilia, her husband Claudio and their two girls drove up from New York just to see him. They went back the same day. They brought Bob a great present: a tablet from Brookstone to help him write. A sort of electronic dry-erase board.  Bob liked it a lot. The grandkids enjoyed it as well and had to be reminded several times that it wasn't a toy...

The ten of us hung out in the sunny room at the end of the hallway and then took Bob for a stroll outside. It was quite windy, but Bob enjoyed the sunshine and the new sights. Here is a picture of the crowd taken by my mom:

Even though it was saturday, Bob had all three types of therapies today. I believe tomorrow he will have a day off. His physical therapist told my mom that Bob kicked a ball in front of him with his right leg twenty times. Yes, I meant right leg!

There is a blue binder in Bob's room that is his Program Therapy Manual. In it are his therapy goals, some personal information and notes from the therapists. The therapists have been updating it almost daily. It is very nice to have this record book because it helps inform the family of Bob's progress. It will also be a chronicle of his improvements. I have started to take pictures of the pages where the therapists take notes so that I can relate the information on this blog.

Yesterday, his speech therapist wrote that Bob did well in therapy. She wrote: "He correctly pointed to 10 out of 15 objects named by Marianne [the therapist] (better than yesterday). He correctly answered 9 out of 10 pairs of yes/no questions (better than yesterday). He copied 10 simple words with very rare mistakes in letter choice. He matched written words to objects in 5 of 10 attempts. We also worked on saying "ah", "oh", and "m"." It is nice to get this kind of insight into his sessions.

Bob was in good spirits today and appreciated seeing his fan club. I know not everyone that reads this can come see him at Spaulding, but if you can, you should. If you can't, Bob continues to enjoy the emails he receives through my mom. Thanks for reading and keep the thoughts, (emails!) and prayers coming.