Thursday, May 27, 2010

5/27/10 - Day 24

Today, definitely was a better day. A little bit of a rough start, but it did get better. He was sitting in the lounge area when I got there. A little bit of a smile today. Debbie got to visit him which was nice. She did get to see some of his attitude though.

We looked through a bunch of pictures that we have in his room. He was able to identify everyone the first time through! The second time we tried, I would say he was about 80% correct. Woohoo!

Aimee, his physical therapist, told me he could come down for some extra therapy time today...basically to try to burn off some of his negative energy. So we went and Steven took another walk with Aimee, with her assistance of course. He walked quite a distance too. Then they walked back to the gym again. After that, she had him walk up and down some stairs...There are 4 stairs in the gym. It's funny because when he walks to the top step, he is so tall that his head is just touching the ceiling :) Then Amy told him to turn around and walked back down. And he did. Coming down, he did all 4 steps by himself! Aimee of course had her hand an inch away from him at all times, but he did it all by himself! It was awesome.

He also went to speech while I was there. His speech therapist said he wasn't very cooperative today because he was distracted by the neck brace he was wearing. He kept pulling on in. Desperately wanted it off . We just so happened to see his Dr. in the hallway and asked if he could take it off. He examined Steven and said he could keep it off during the day, but would like him to have it on at night. Woohoo...another victory :)

By the time his dinner came, Katie was with me. She helped him eat his dinner. They brought him pureed food. His diet was changed yesterday to mechanical soft (whatever that means), but they brought the wrong one. I thought for sure he wasn't going to eat it, but he did. Ate his potatoes and some vegetable (not sure what it was). I was just happy he ate.

After dinner, the nurse promised him she would put him to bed. She took him to his room, got him all cleaned up and put him in his bed. After that, he got all kinds of wonderful company...Dad, Aunt Brenda, Aunt Barb, Cindy, Lisa, & Danielle.

They were in for a real treat! He was in a wonderful mood. Stayed in bed and talked to everyone :) Mostly jibberish stories but he was talkative and NICE. It was wonderful. And he smiled :) I was so, so happy to see that smile...makes it all worth while.

All in all, it was a great day...and I am grateful :)

Please keep praying...love you all <3

2 comments:

  1. Even Steve knows all days cant be bad ones! Everything sounds great! Hope to visit within the next couple days!

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  2. Barb:

    I'm so happy that everything is going well. By the way you write...I can see the smile on your face. Keep it coming Steven, you're doing great. Luv ya all.

    Kimmie

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