Stair Lift News

Today Bob had his three therapies as well as occupational therapy group. He hasn't had speech group because the other patients that were in his group have left Spaulding. Since we all thought it was a valuable experience for Bob to attend this group, my mom is trying to reinstate it with patients from other floors. 

Amanda, Bob's occupational therapist, is making him wear a glove on his right hand to help the swelling go down. He is still sleeping with that support that goes up to his elbow. 

Dan, Bob's physical therapist, practiced climbing stairs with Bob today. As some of you may know, my parents house has two floors and the second floor is where the bedrooms and showers are. This week my mom had stairlift companies over their house to give her an estimate for two lifts. One from the basement to the first floor and another from the first floor to the second. This later one would cost more money because it would have to be custom made to fit the initial curvature of the stairs. One of the companies suggested putting in a regular stairlift after the first three curved steps because this would significantly reduce the cost as long as Bob could handle climbing a few steps in his own. Upon discussing these options with Dan, he suggested installing just one lift from the basement to the first floor, since it would be more utilized. He thinks it might be worth waiting to install the other stairlift because Bob might be able to handle climbing those stairs just once or twice a day. After seeing Bob take all those steps yesterday and knowing that Bob still has four more weeks at Spaulding, I believe there is a lot of room for improvement in the weeks ahead.


In the afternoon my mom took Bob to the cafeteria where he had an iced tea and played another card from the traffic game. It was tough, but he again persevered through it and finished it. 


The weekend will bring another out of state visit: My cousin Celina and her family! I'll report on that tomorrow. Thanks for reading and keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming.