Hello everyone,
We are now entering the second part of the week and things are moving ahead extremely well all of the therapies taking hold and working out perfectly, Chris's new bike has arrived from Germany and will be delivered on Friday morning.
Heather Chris's physiotherapist has been working unrelentingly with Christopher and all of the benefits are starting to show not only is his recognition of the yes and no signs showing great progress but also recognition of the words placed in front of him.
I can't help but get him to kick the ball every time we are doing stretches it is so exciting to see, the physiotherapist is finding new ways to work out and to get Chris to react. It is exciting to see and the other therapists are getting excited as well and looking for new things.
They are now working on a system to relieve the weight of Chris's arm so that he can move and react quicker with his responses, it is an awesome time and has also been a long time. It also shows beyond doubt that work, work and more work does work.
I have told Chris about the fundraiser being held on Saturday and see the immediate reaction in his face I know he would love to be there but we are going to continue to make progress here every minute that we are allowed, you won't find us wasting a minute of this, especially knowing how precious every minute of rehab is.
The physiotherapist was so excited with Chris's ability to answer and be consistent that she asked one of the fellows from psychology to come down and watch and every question that was presented to Chris he was able to answer, remember these answers are not spontaneous it takes time for Chris to work out his responses and that's what's so special about what is going on right now is that the people working with him are willing to wait for those responses and see the differences happening.
Not too much is going on in the house finding it is proving to be very difficult but the search continues and it will happen.
This morning's swim was slow Chris was tired today as we had stayed up late watching the Canucks game last night.
Another full day tomorrow and Friday so bye for now.
Thank you all,
Kevin
2 comments:
Kevin: All of us at Cottage Hospital keep up on Chris with the help of your words on blogspot. We so much appreciate the time you put in to keep us informed. We have taken up a collection here at Cottage for the fundraiser. None of us will be able to come, but we sure can contribute. I am getting cash and checks, so I need to ask you a few questions. Please email me at cstoddar@sbch.org. I am one of the ladies that works in the Medical Education office and we miss Chris like made. Again, thanks for everything. Take good care of yourself as you take care of Chris.
Cynthia Stoddard
That is exciting and encouraging news to hear that Chris is responding so well to treatment and is able to answer some questions. Wish you had a video to share with us of his treatment, although I would probably cry and not see it clearly anyhow. Keep up the hard and tedious work Kevin, it sure is paying off for Chris.
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