James came home again on February 1 st! He had his first physio session since he came home, yesterday. It is nice to be back with the home team! His physiotherapist said that he can see that James is not as good at using the walker as he was when he left ( his team at GF Stronge did not use the walker with him really at all until the last couple of weeks. ). But he did really well standing without holding or touching anything, (2-3 minutes) and he did great with stretching his shoulder to get his right hand up over his head. James has been doing quite a bit of walking with me just on his arm, and being without the wheelchair for periods of time in the house. Monday was a provincial holiday, and it snowed on Sunday night! When James got up in the morning he wanted to go outside in the snow. I pushed him in his chair halfway out the driveway and he decided he wanted to go back inside! When we got inside we saw that his wheels were packed with snow, so it was a good excuses for a chair free day! He was out of his chair for about 12 hours! James is going to his day program 5 days a week again. His aide takes him to his physio appointments, swim therapy, adapted karate, working in the gym, doing his daily speech and physio excercises, as well as anything else they plan! He is also going to a special needs young adults group at the community center once a week! He is at his happiest when he is busy. James was feeling very lonely and bored at the hospital, and his mood has improved drastically since he came home! Next week he will start seeing a speech therapist in Campbell river at the hospital outpatient center. She will see him twice a month to just follow up on his speech and change his home speech program as needed.
We are working on renovations to part of the house so that James can have an area to himself. It will have a bedroom, a mini kitchen area, and a sitting area. We picked up flooring a while ago and the bedroom area is now floored and painted, we are now working on the main area. It is turning into a bit of a bigger job that we originally thought. The walls are in rough shape and we just decided to replace some of the gyprock. I am hoping to have the space livable for him in a couple of months. We are just plugging away at it on the weekends.
