Hello everyone,
Yes I've managed to skip day again, during therapy we managed an hour and a half in the pool on Wednesday and it was great relaxation for Chris it seemed to loosen up all of the extra phlegm that he built up over the weekend.
The afternoon therapy went well and at the end we went outside for a long walk which was extremely warm and comfortable. After dinner on Wednesday we went down to the gymnasium where one of the nurses and his two sons both play guitar, they played music for all of the residents and people here, quite the change from the boring evenings. It was very warm so we only managed to stay for about a half hour. We missed the middle of the game while going outside for a walk, a very nice evening at 18°. We made it back inside to catch the tail end of the third period and watch the overtime, the whole evening Chris seemed to be wide awake and noticing things in a little bit more detail than usual, showing signs of very strong movements to the left side and more direction.
Tuesday, May 30 this morning started out wide awake and ready to go, we proceeded to head to the pool a little earlier that usual as the therapist was going to have extra people in the water during our session. We ended up doing a full hour session with the rec-therapist and stayed an additional half hour just relaxing to take it easy. We then ended up back having lunch and resting which then led into his physio-appointment they did quite a bit stretching and mobility, which really tired Chris out. Speech therapy didn't start till 330 they worked at swallowing with different liquids which he seemed to take to quite well by the end of this session he was pretty much sound asleep.
We then went outside into the sunshine for a predinner walk while he relaxed, did a little bit of suntanning and then back inside before dinner.
He's now sound asleep and it really were wiped out which makes me feel great, I do think it's doing him a world of good in the pool. I believe it provides the best simulation and the most noticeable difference.
Friday morning I will be meeting the OT therapist at the pool he has agreed to come and to the water and give it a try as well, so that will give us a pool session every day of the week if we are able to make use of it.
This has been the extremely tiring and exhausting week emotionally not knowing what the outcome in Alberta will be, hopefully by next week we will have a meeting and discuss all the possibilities that have not yet been tried.
This evening Thursday night I believe there's a tour of the Centennial Center by the Minister of health, it's a shame we couldn't have the Minister of health for British Columbia join him so he could see the work that is being done here. Maybe even see the need to have a facility in British Columbia so that we could be closer to home and family.
Goodbye and goodnight will update tomorrow thank you.
Kevin
1 comment:
Sounds like another busy, busy week, Kevin; but a good one.! Hope the pool session with the O.T. this a.m. goes well; then we will have another person with some Authority, "on board". You will soon have Aqua-Therapy adopted by Halvar Jonson, as part of their repertoire, I am sure.!
Progress is obviously being made by Christopher, so we are waiting & hoping for positive news, re: his Extension of time @ H.J. Keep up the good work; Love,
Pat & Janet; Carl & Julie
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