Saturday, January 19, 2008

Okay--here is today's rating straight from the kid himself--he had "9" day!!! Yes he did! He was awake this morning when we got there and was proud of the fact that he had a shower. This was his first goal and the doctor said fine when he found out they had a shower bed. They are going to get him a duplicate back brace so he will be able to sit in the shower and not worry about getting the brace wet. They take a little while to dry so he will need two, in the meantime he will use the shower bed, which is like a padded tub.

He complained much less about the pain today. His legs are stretched out most of the time and he is moving them out more on his own. His left leg is stronger than the right, but there is great improvement in both. He kept his leg brace on the left leg for almost an hour.

He was also quite chatty. He had Jose as his aide today and they always find things to talk about. He and I had a discussion about his old laptop which is now mine. I told him I peeled off the stickers he had on it and he told me that the "I pee in pools" sticker was probably not my style! Right! I told him about the blog and Rich mentioned that we were rating the days from one to ten. He said he hadn't had a ten day yet, but he thought today was a nine. We agreed. He and I have homework from the speech therapist. We have to look at the calendar every day and cross off the previous day and discuss the day, date, etc. So I made him do this and he looked at me and said, quite annoyed, "I can f*&#ing read a calendar!" He then apologized for the language. I told him I had promised Katherine I would do this every day and we had to keep my promise. He reluctantly agreed. He does not realize that he gets the days, dates and times mixed up and this really does help.

He also had several phone conversations. He talked to his grandfather, his Uncle Tom, Peter, and finally Jessica. They had a good conversation and it really made her day. We were so happy they had the chance to do it.

So as you can all tell, it was just about the best day in the last two months. We believe they will continue.