Update #41, May 22nd

friday, may 22, 2009

#41 Update, May 22nd
Another week has passed with growth in strength and development. Sean is doing occupational therapy, physical therapy and will have speech therapy again starting next week. He remembers so much; the therapist stopped him after he counted to 50. He knows his abc's and was saying the words for picture flash cards. He still needs development in the control of his hands. He is able to do a lot, such as picking up objects but putting them in a particular place is sometimes a challenge. They are working on muscle control for his arms and hands especially his right. He is trying to feed himself and can with help but it is frustrating for him a lot of times. Writing will come, remember doing lines and circles when you began penmanship well that is still the standard. He will laugh at TV shows like Two and a Half Men and some comedy shows which is nice to hear. Occasionally he will ask questions and we are asking him more questions that are not just a yes or no answer. Our neighbor Jason, and his friend, came over to see him the other night when he saw him outside walking on the driveway. They used to share memories of Germany, talk trucks and cars as Jason rebuilds them all the time among other things. It made me and Jason cry when he didn't remember him but that is not to say that he won't remember later. He LOVES being able to sleep in; anyone who has ever been in the hospital will remember not being able to sleep very well while being there with them checking blood pressure etc all the time. Each day is a blessing and it is exciting to see him progress and do more and more. He will have his stomach tube taken out Thursday the 28th which will be nice not to have to worry about it anymore.
posted by paul andrea knott at 5:41 pm