5/29/10 - Day 26

Today was a pretty uneventful day...not sure it that's good or bad.

Steven was in good mood for most of the day. Not many outbursts...and the one's he did have were very small compared to Tuesday and Wednesday from this week.

Patrick played cards with him...by playing cards I mean we will ask him which card we are showing him. However we've noticed that he cannot answer three question regarding any card...ex. what card is it? He answers a four...we ask a red or black 4? He may answer correctly...he may not. If we ask what symbol it is...he usually can't answer.

Pat was showing him some animal cards and asking which animal was on the card. He knew about 50% of them. Pat would ask what color they were and sometimes he answered sometimes he didn't. The best part was...he decided to tell us what sound the animal made. Haha...we didn't ask him to either...he just did it. It was great :)

We have noticed that he still does not have any short term memory...he cannot remember what he ate that day, who visits, what he did in therapy, where he is, why he's there, etc. He has long term memory but it is all scattered. He will tell a story that makes no sense. Today the story was, his motorcycle was on the roof.

Brenda told me someone explained a TBI to her. They said that your brain is like a filing cabinet that was tipped over. All of the information is still there, it's just not in the right order. And everything needs to be put back into place. This made a ton of sense to me. Thanks Brenna <3

He was sleeping like a baby when we left. It was nice to see that he looked so peaceful.

All in all it was a good day.

Thanks for all they prayers...love you all <3