5 month checkup

It was back to Columbia for Linda's 5 month checkup. We both realized today that we have been out of Rusk longer than we were in it (by more than a month already). It was fun and funny to be back. Linda commented that this was the first time that things looked smaller. The gym was smaller, the hallways were shorter.

Everyone was pleased to see her of course. Dr. R was appropriately impressed by Linda's progress. He was very satisfied with the progress she has been making in therapy. He tested her balance, and her reaction time, and some of her reflexes.

He commented that her tone is still a bit strong. When he tested the reflex in her knees for example, she really kicked. Not like a front snap kick, but not just the little bounce you usually see either. He's going to change her medication slightly to help calm that down some. That should help some, although he did comment that she can expect to always have some tone from now on. As she gets stronger it will continue to be less of a problem.

We asked a few questions (the tone was going to be one of them). He said we were pretty much pursuing the right course and doing the right exercises to keep improving. So we are pretty happy.

Free software update

Someone managed to get the computer in the gym a bit out of whack, but had I expected that and planned for it. While we were there, I took about 10 minutes and corrected things. Go free software!