Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Update - Finally!

Finally we have some news to report.  The last two weeks have been filled with appointments for therapy.  We're driving about 45 minutes per direction for a 45 minute therapy session.  That is frustrating, but we're getting it done.  Last week Chris went in for an occupational therapy evaluation and was discharged.  The therapist couldn't find any area where he needed work.  The physical therapy evaluation was yesterday and he will be going mostly to have his workouts supervised.  They didn't find anything major there either to address. 
So, the speech therapy (which is really cognitive exercises and problem solving) is still going to be twice a week.  We also saw the rehab doctor today and he seemed impressed with Chris physical progress.  We don't have to see him again for about 6 weeks.  The best news he gave Chris is that he can resume playing his sax.  I know this will help him a lot.
What this means for us is that Chris is continuing to work on his cognitive information processing and memory skills.  He is getting in the office for about an hour or so a day with me helping him forward emails and phone messages.  We've been dealing with so many things at such a fast rate that we're trying to get a routine down, but we're finding it hard.  The kids are out of school for the next two weeks for Fall break which takes some pressure off of me, but throws our routine out the window.  We'll figure it out.

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