Sunday update
Linda is doing well this weekend. She has one new skill that she is working on. She can now supinate her left hand (go from palm down on your lap to palm up). She doesn't have quite enough to completely turn it over, but the movement is unmistakeably there. She can also pronate her right hand pretty well now.
She also had her first ice cream this weekend. On Saturday she had Ben and Jerry's Double Chocolate Fudge. Ice cream is very difficult actually, but she did pretty well. Linda had some guilt about it because no one remembered to tell her that she could have it. She thought we were breaking the rules. I told her the rules on her board read, "Only the speech therapists and husband may feed the patient." The speech therapist said I could try ice cream with her over the weekend if we were careful. We had Starbuck's Coffee ice cream today and she did even better. She said it was nicer when you know you're not getting in trouble.
She should get to start eating pureed foods this week, including warm foods.
She stood in the standing frame today for more than 15 consecutive minutes. The top of the frame was loosened, so she had to contol her whole upper body for the duration of the exercise.
Linda is doing well this weekend. She has one new skill that she is working on. She can now supinate her left hand (go from palm down on your lap to palm up). She doesn't have quite enough to completely turn it over, but the movement is unmistakeably there. She can also pronate her right hand pretty well now.
She also had her first ice cream this weekend. On Saturday she had Ben and Jerry's Double Chocolate Fudge. Ice cream is very difficult actually, but she did pretty well. Linda had some guilt about it because no one remembered to tell her that she could have it. She thought we were breaking the rules. I told her the rules on her board read, "Only the speech therapists and husband may feed the patient." The speech therapist said I could try ice cream with her over the weekend if we were careful. We had Starbuck's Coffee ice cream today and she did even better. She said it was nicer when you know you're not getting in trouble.
She should get to start eating pureed foods this week, including warm foods.
She stood in the standing frame today for more than 15 consecutive minutes. The top of the frame was loosened, so she had to contol her whole upper body for the duration of the exercise.
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