painting the real picture

All along, I have given you the "bright" side of Bob's progress; that's just my personality. When given a lemon, I make lemonade. :-)


I guess I better give you some "real" insight to t's progress. His short-term memory is about ten seconds. But, he's so funny. He knows he was just told what something was, and he'll make a funny face then say, "I don't know. Do you know?" Positive note: he can read words, so I'll label everything.


He's feeding himself; however, he needs direction from the speech therapist or me every step of the way. Why? When his hand gets below his line of vision, he forgets what he is doing. "Out of sight, out of mind." We don't think of every step involved in eating. There is a lot of thinking involved. Bob's vision is off-center too; so, when he reaches for something, he is about six inches from the item. He tries over and over to grab the item he's reaching for but never is close enough. When eating, he over reaches the plate. When reaching to his cup, he reaches below the table. The positive thing is...he's eating.



Alanon slogan: One day at a time.

A prayer of healing and strength:

Dear God,
Use every event in my life, even my present circumstance, to work within me to bring healing of body, mind, soul, spirit, and relationship. In every way manifest your blessing in and through my life. Amen.


email: jiachini@msn.com

stroke info: http://www.strokeassociation.com

aneurysm info: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_aneurysm/detail_cerebral_aneurysm.htm

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