Therapy

I was with Lisa when she was evaluated. The OT came in and gave her a chair bath and then helped her get dressed. Lisa's right side is limp but she tried really hard with her left hand to get dressed. She didn't get mad at all, she was just tired. After that the PT came in and tried to get Lisa to stand up. She is able to stand with assistance. Her right foot/ankle needs a brace so she does not hurt herself. Her foot turns in. I don't think she can feel it. We went down to the gym and we worked on the parallel bars. Lisa is once again, strong on the left and not on the Right. She has a hard time bearing weight.

She looks good, but is not able to hold her head straight up or keep her right eye open for any length of time. She is still on a puree diet but is able to take pills with apple sauce. That is an improvement. I am thinking she needs to be on a soft food diet now, but the speech therapist will determine that. Karen told me that she will change rooms tomorrow. She is not where the action is, and they want to move her closer to the other patients rooms, which are closer to the work out gym.

I know that she is in a better place, I just get irritated that they can't take care of her the way we would, and that they don't know her. That is with anyone you love, but Lisa has her habits and schedules and unless you know her...you don't know.

She had some visitors today!!!! She was excited to tell me that her friends from the Irvin's came to visit.

 She will have therapy on the weekends too, just not as much. She will work on getting herself dressed and getting mobile, be it wheelchair, walker, cane or walking...we hope that her right side will wake up soon.