Thursday, 29 March 2012

When I arrived at the hospital this morning James' Physiotherapist was working with him. He was totally showing off! He reached up to touch her hand with just a little support and straightened and bent his legs when asked too. She suggested that we try him on the pedal machine in the ward gym! She set it so that it moved his feet and then let him do it a bit with coaxing. He did fantastic today! This evening he kicked his legs up to touch my hand too! I asked him what we should do for a "high five" and he kicked his foot up again so I "high fived" his foot and he laughed. I am amazed at what progress he has made this week. The physiotherapist said that he still needs to work on endurance to qualify for rehab. but I am hoping in a month or two we could be deciding where to apply to for rehab! James is still struggling with language but he is making his wants and needs more obvious with grimaces and smiles and laughs.

2 comments:

  1. Great news Dawn. Positive thinking and prayer.

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  2. Wow! Excellent progress Thursday! Keep up the interesting blogs, Dawn, we read them all, even though this is our first successful "comment" (the "select profile" thing has been a hurdle for us oldies). And James, you & Mark, and Tristan & Sarah continue to be in our thoughts in these difficult times.

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