One of the nurses showed up, and I swear she thinks he is deaf after his injury, because every time she spoke to him she was loud. Reminds me of people trying to speak to a non-english speaking person who mistakenly think more volume means better reception.
So, we showered, and Isaac was washing his hair pretty well. Dad helped. No arguments about showering, as one would normally expect from an 11 year old. He took off his clothes and dressed himself afterwards.
The docs are saying his progress is slow, but I'm seeing incredible progress. He just doesn't like to interact with some of his teachers, mostly male.
He still gets a little lost when walking and thinking at the same time.
Many cool things happened today:
- He started talking in short phrases where we could hear him.
- He started putting together harder puzzles
- He read 5 web pages of 7th grade words to his teacher
- We took our clothes and started two washes downstairs
The first time I took down the bag.
The second he carried. - We came back to the room and watched Harry Potter.
- He is trying to text. Simple words are there, but he is trying to conjure others with his hands on the keyboard and it is still a bit difficult.
- He responds to just about everyone who speaks to him.
3 comments:
"Dad" please don't discourage the idea that the Nurse talks louder than required. From my experience a person that speaks a little louder is more careful to annunciate correctly and speak a little slower. It seems to me that both of those speech characteristics would be welcomed to help him process what is said. But of course that is your call, I am not there to make an educated evaluation.
All of you remain in our prayers.
GWS
Good point. Didn't think of it that way.
When I get the messages about how Isaac is doing I am just amazed by his progress. Celebrate the little things because as you know they add up. I wish him and the family the very best and will stay up on how he's doing.
I really miss the kid haha
Jason Kreuzman
(Student OT from Indianapolis)
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