Day 28 at Shepherd
Today was the last day of therapy here at Shepherd. Home tomorrow morning(TIGT). We talked with the Neuropsychologist as well as physical, occupational and speech therapists. Some of the primary deficits that Jan has and will need continued therapy for are her short term memory loss, executive level cognitive function, organization skills and delayed response. These will get better with time and therapy. Due to these limitations and her still being unstable with walking and transfers she will need to have someone nearby 24/7 for a while for her safety. In an overstimulation situation she can become very anxious. Too much outside input potentially makes it difficult for her to concentrate on the required task. What we take as second nature can be difficult for her to process. An example may be concentrating on stepping off a curb but forgetting there may be traffic coming. Her walking is getting stronger but she does not go anywhere even to the bathroom or standing for that matter without me at her side. She would have a very hard time keeping herself from falling if she stumbles and we certainly do not want to have to come back to Shepherd as a repeat customer. We did a lot of walking including her walking to the parking garage, getting up into my pick up, riding to the grocery store, shopping (she got peanut M&M s and cokes for the staff) and rode back. This was part of her planned therapy. She also walked up and down a flight of stairs. This all sounds simple but from where she has come from this is all huge. Her therapists are all extremely pleased with her progress and fully expect her to progress rapidly over the next six months. She and I are able to laugh with each other a lot (TIGT) despite what we have gone through. She also does cry a lot these days having a lot of fear for what bad might happen to her or those close to her(who can blame her), she says she wants to stay home, cocoon and stay safe. I guess the woman who did this to her not only almost took her life, gave her the injuries she is trying to overcome, affected all of us close to her but also suppressed Jan's sense of adventure, at least for now. There are a lot of people that do nothing to contribute to the good of society but do an awful lot to suck from it. Based on my limited experience of our laws, the law seems to enable this type of behavior.
SHARE THE ROAD, IT'S A LIFE
PUT THE !%@$# CELL PHONE DOWN BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEBODY
GET OFF THE COUCH, LIFE IS FOR DOING STUFF
SUPPORT BIKE WALK MISSISSIPPI, THEY WILL HELP MAKE CHANGES HAPPEN
BE BRIGHT AND BE SEEN
I Love My Little Darlin, we are looking forward to the MMRC Quest program.
David
Today was the last day of therapy here at Shepherd. Home tomorrow morning(TIGT). We talked with the Neuropsychologist as well as physical, occupational and speech therapists. Some of the primary deficits that Jan has and will need continued therapy for are her short term memory loss, executive level cognitive function, organization skills and delayed response. These will get better with time and therapy. Due to these limitations and her still being unstable with walking and transfers she will need to have someone nearby 24/7 for a while for her safety. In an overstimulation situation she can become very anxious. Too much outside input potentially makes it difficult for her to concentrate on the required task. What we take as second nature can be difficult for her to process. An example may be concentrating on stepping off a curb but forgetting there may be traffic coming. Her walking is getting stronger but she does not go anywhere even to the bathroom or standing for that matter without me at her side. She would have a very hard time keeping herself from falling if she stumbles and we certainly do not want to have to come back to Shepherd as a repeat customer. We did a lot of walking including her walking to the parking garage, getting up into my pick up, riding to the grocery store, shopping (she got peanut M&M s and cokes for the staff) and rode back. This was part of her planned therapy. She also walked up and down a flight of stairs. This all sounds simple but from where she has come from this is all huge. Her therapists are all extremely pleased with her progress and fully expect her to progress rapidly over the next six months. She and I are able to laugh with each other a lot (TIGT) despite what we have gone through. She also does cry a lot these days having a lot of fear for what bad might happen to her or those close to her(who can blame her), she says she wants to stay home, cocoon and stay safe. I guess the woman who did this to her not only almost took her life, gave her the injuries she is trying to overcome, affected all of us close to her but also suppressed Jan's sense of adventure, at least for now. There are a lot of people that do nothing to contribute to the good of society but do an awful lot to suck from it. Based on my limited experience of our laws, the law seems to enable this type of behavior.
SHARE THE ROAD, IT'S A LIFE
PUT THE !%@$# CELL PHONE DOWN BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEBODY
GET OFF THE COUCH, LIFE IS FOR DOING STUFF
SUPPORT BIKE WALK MISSISSIPPI, THEY WILL HELP MAKE CHANGES HAPPEN
BE BRIGHT AND BE SEEN
I Love My Little Darlin, we are looking forward to the MMRC Quest program.
David
When you get home, you might starther out on a bicycle trainer. It is stable, yet would help her strength and balance.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea about trainer...I had one set up and waiting for me as a goal when I was ready it helped a lot in taking that first step to riding again.
ReplyDeleteAs I am being discharged from all the specialists one tells how lucky I m to be live...I realize that and am so grateful but it doesn't quell the anger that I feel sometimes forvwhat happened to me. Very confusing time be ore steed or Jan to through it