Bob has been staying awake longer each day, which gives me more time to work on his cognitive abilities. Having a hard conversation about commodities is easy for him; however, simple tasks take a lot of concentration. For example, friends of ours brought a flower from their garden. Bob attempted to eat it. Another example of a simple task that is difficult for him is sorting black and red checker game pieces. Thinking about differentiating the colors and then thinking about moving his arm and hand to place the pieces in the appropriate pile takes many skills and lots of concentration. (think about it) Another example...my aunt sent him a Harley Davidson shirt that has flames on the front. It took me a lot of time to convince him that the flames were not hot and that he won't get burnt if he touches them. See simple things are hard, and hard things are simple.
We put a puzzle together tonight. I told him which piece to grab and where to place it, but he knew how to rotate the piece in order for it to fit correctly. I explained to him how to match up different colors.
I believe his eyes aren't working together all of the time. Sometimes he sees two of a single item, and sometimes he over reaches or under reaches for an item.
I see progress though every day.
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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.
Jill Bolte Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU It'll make you cry, it's so amazing.
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stroke info: http://www.strokeassociation.com
aneurysm info: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_aneurysm/detail_cerebral_aneurysm.htm
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