2014!

Well James has a room to himself again.  His last roommate didn't work out very well.  The roommate was still quite confused,  and got up during the night, made a mess of the room and sat on the edge of James bed.  James was just a bit freaked out!  I suggested that James be the one to move rooms,  as I knew James would be able to adjust to being in a new room better than the roommate.  

James is using a walker from gf Stronge now.  He said that he didn't like his walker because he sometimes bumps his knees.  The gf Stronge walker has a flip up seat so there is more room for his knees when he walks.  He is being much more cooperative about walking with the walker now! 

James also started pool therapy this week!  Yay!  It's about time!  He goes twice a week at the GF Stronge pool and once a week at the therapy pool near gf Stronge.  

There is a conference meeting next Monday.  And there is a discharge date being talked about!  The date they gave me is January 29 th.  Since that is a Wednesday,  I am trying to get it shifted to Saturday, February 1 st.  James has done quite well with his speech.  I do feel like he is a bit easier to understand.  I think it will just take time for his speech to become clear enough for him to be understood by someone who isn't around him all the time.  I was hoping he would get more independent with his walking,  but I think that is going to take more time. He is getting better at walking with the rail and a cane,  but he still needs a spotter when her uses his walker or walks with the rail and a cane.  It is just so hard to be patient,  but I think it will just take time...

We have found a great place to practice walking on the weekends.  There is a hallway In the basement at gf Stronge that has a ramp and railings.  I help James practice rail walking with his cane,  we practice some walker walking on the flat part of the hallway and then he plays around coming down the long ramp with his wheelchair!  James and Sarah both had a blast going down the ramp with the wheelchair last weekend!  

I have finally found the courage to use the buses and trains to get to and from the ferry in Vancouver now!  We have done a little bit of exploring Vancouver on the transit on the weekends now.  A couple of weeks ago we went to Longsdale Quay ( James bought another fedora hat ) and last weekend we went to the anthropology museum at UBC.