Up and Down

Bob had a good day today. When I called in the afternoon my mom and Bob were in the cafeteria. They had just finished an ice cream popsicle and were starting to play the tile word game. Bob zipped through the three four letter words of the day. Next he was going to play the traffic game. I spoke with him a little. Bob's grunt pattern has the cadence of a regular speech pattern. He also varies the kinds of sounds that he makes now, he really tries. 

During speech therapy, Bob said the words "up and down" without Caitlin saying them first. She wrote them on the board and Bob said them out loud for the first time without listening to the words before speaking them.

Bob used an arm bicycle during occupational therapy. He did well with it, his right hand "gripped" the handles and did not fall off. 

This morning my mom toured two assisted nursing facilities. One she really liked, the other one not at all. The time is coming when she will have to decide where Bob will go after he leaves Spaulding. 


On Saturday Bob will have speech therapy and physical therapy. Sunday Bob will have a group music therapy session. Friends Bruce and Simone will also stop by for their usual Sunday visit. 

I will not be able to write this weekend but I will post again on Monday. I plan on visiting Bob that day. This weekend will mark the first time that I don't write the blog since I started and I am feeling anxious about that. I like reporting Bob's improvements, even if they aren't monumental. I get comments and emails from friends and family who read the blog and they encourage me to keep on writing. It isn't easy to find the time with two kids, one on the way, and all the ups and downs of Bob's journey so far...  Writing this blog has helped me cope with this catastrophe, organize my thoughts, define my feelings and find my place in his recovery. But skipping a day or two doesn't mean I am not as invested as I was in the beginning. The fact of the matter is I have to learn to let go a bit. My new baby will be born in less than two months and as I have said before she will prevent me from getting to the computer as frequently as I would like. So thanks for understanding my absence, thanks for reading and keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming.