9-12-11 (Wednesday) Who is this child?

Isaac went to sleep early last night. He had not taken a nap all day, so naturally was tired. We got his pill early, at 8:30, and by 9 he was out.

Dad arrived at 6:30 this morning in case Isaac's early bedtime caused him to get up early.

He was still working on dreams, but about 7:15 he started getting up. Dad opened the curtains, the blinds, unzipped the safety enclosure, then turn on the lights in the room. The nurse came in with his pill, and the tech with his breakfast. He got up and was very cognizant, talking in full words and sound. He decided on cereal, so opened the box AND the package inside. Pouring was a little difficult, but he finally got it to work.
I'm seeing more of the child I know, then seeing the slight limitations that are left to conquer. I asked him if he wanted to get his clothes and get dressed. He got his shirt and shorts, and I reminded him where the underwear and socks were. Then he lost focus on the task, and sat back in the bed watching TV.

"Are you going to get dressed?" I asked.
"Oh yeah", he said, realizing that he had forgotten.

Dad helped him stay focused, finish our cereal and milk, then got him interested in the Popular Mechanics magazine.

The nurse practitioner came in and spoke with him. We were talking about legos, and Isaac told us how at WalMart they have the architecture section (of legos) and buildings to build and take apart. He likes that area. The nurse took it in stride, suggesting we talk to the OT or Child Life people about getting some of their Legos for the room.

After she left, Isaac read the cover out loud. He asked me about a Cobra picture that he couldn't remember the name of, and then showed me an advertisement comparing the storage capabilities of iPods, etc. He noticed that the iPhone4 had 16GB for $200 where the iPod had 8GB for $300.

"Less for more?" (That's my Isaac)

They say brain injury causes ADD/ADHD symptoms. Jackie and I discussed it last night, with me trying to be on the conservative side of the drug, but after that discussion and seeing him move from "all there" to "all there but distracted" this morning I'm becoming a bigger fan. We haven't had our Ritalin pill yet today though.

The day is pretty full, including an hour for a Vision Test to see if he lacks any peripheral or direct vision.

0900 - OT
0930 - School
1000 - Visual
1100 - Speech Therapy
1300 - NeuroPsych
1400 - School

I discussed it with our nurse. She said that the length of clarity I noticed in the morning should be getting longer as time progresses.

Later this morning he had a visit from a Vision Specialist. He passed with flying colors, and the only thing she noticed was a slight delay in movement to his lower left field of vision, but this will most likely pass as he works through rehab. 

Dad went to get Subway while Isaac was in Speech. Lunch was waiting for him when I returned, and he came back about 5 mins later. The tech told me he had to relay the "duck" story from the hallway, and the way he was laughing I have to assume Isaac did a pretty good job.