25 May - Reading
The speech therapist came in today to evaluate Bobb again on his ability to eat and several other things like comprehension.
The one thing that was new today is that we learned he can read and recognize some pictures. We talked about how we can improve his comprehension and start to expand his vocabulary from what he lost. It gave us some things to do when we are sitting in the chair for hours trying to figure out what to do :-)
He still fatigues easily, but is working hard I think. I was encouraged today as we worked with him. Sometimes it is frustrating to me that he is going to have to relearn so much, but there is more than I thought come back and increases everyday.
We had an arguement today about whether I was his wife or not and it brought a new revelation of one piece that got destroyed and give you an example of some of what he is trying to overcome. We were reading through a communication board. One line has pictures and underneath them are the words husband, wife, girl, boy. We get to this line and I state to him "I am your wife" He says "NO!" of course my feelings are hurt :-), I said "YES! I am your wife" He says emphatically "NO" "BOY" I think, I'm like thats not possible. We continue to argue about it and he finally says "whatever", He's convinced, I think, that I am not his wife. Then I get to thinking about the context of what we are talking about and why would he say "boy". Somehow it is dawning on me that he has the pronouns confused. I then say "you are my wife" and he says "YES!" He only understands it from his perspective. I know I'm not an expert. So I am left thinking - how do kids learning language understand that concept of me, verses you, and who the speaker is? Its something to ask the speech therapist next time we see her.
The frustrating part of my day was a new lady in a bed across from Bobb had a visit from Dr. Archer today. She has had what is called TSA(tia)?(mini strokes) which is a warning for impending stroke. She smokes, drinks, has high blood pressure, won't take her pills, won't stop smoking because she gets a headache and she gets a warning, and Bobb has none of those vises and when the Echo came back they saw no evidence of arterial stenosis that would trigger a stroke. Sometimes I'm like my youngest daughter who says - this couldn't possibly happen to our family, couldn't happen to MY dad, "what was God doing". It doesn't seem fair somehow, but we know the Lord is in control and each day brings a bit more peace that passes all understanding - though there are still tears sometimes in the night.
May you all be blessed for your prayers that have gone up for us on our behalf! We have been blessed!
The Lord is my light and my salvation--whom(what) shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom(what) shall I be afraid? (parenthesis mine) Psalm 27:1
The one thing that was new today is that we learned he can read and recognize some pictures. We talked about how we can improve his comprehension and start to expand his vocabulary from what he lost. It gave us some things to do when we are sitting in the chair for hours trying to figure out what to do :-)
He still fatigues easily, but is working hard I think. I was encouraged today as we worked with him. Sometimes it is frustrating to me that he is going to have to relearn so much, but there is more than I thought come back and increases everyday.
We had an arguement today about whether I was his wife or not and it brought a new revelation of one piece that got destroyed and give you an example of some of what he is trying to overcome. We were reading through a communication board. One line has pictures and underneath them are the words husband, wife, girl, boy. We get to this line and I state to him "I am your wife" He says "NO!" of course my feelings are hurt :-), I said "YES! I am your wife" He says emphatically "NO" "BOY" I think, I'm like thats not possible. We continue to argue about it and he finally says "whatever", He's convinced, I think, that I am not his wife. Then I get to thinking about the context of what we are talking about and why would he say "boy". Somehow it is dawning on me that he has the pronouns confused. I then say "you are my wife" and he says "YES!" He only understands it from his perspective. I know I'm not an expert. So I am left thinking - how do kids learning language understand that concept of me, verses you, and who the speaker is? Its something to ask the speech therapist next time we see her.
The frustrating part of my day was a new lady in a bed across from Bobb had a visit from Dr. Archer today. She has had what is called TSA(tia)?(mini strokes) which is a warning for impending stroke. She smokes, drinks, has high blood pressure, won't take her pills, won't stop smoking because she gets a headache and she gets a warning, and Bobb has none of those vises and when the Echo came back they saw no evidence of arterial stenosis that would trigger a stroke. Sometimes I'm like my youngest daughter who says - this couldn't possibly happen to our family, couldn't happen to MY dad, "what was God doing". It doesn't seem fair somehow, but we know the Lord is in control and each day brings a bit more peace that passes all understanding - though there are still tears sometimes in the night.
May you all be blessed for your prayers that have gone up for us on our behalf! We have been blessed!
The Lord is my light and my salvation--whom(what) shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom(what) shall I be afraid? (parenthesis mine) Psalm 27:1
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