Mon. April 6th

From Teresa...Tami's physical therapist had her walking on the treadmill again and had it up to 1.5 mph for about 20 min.( last time she only did 1 mph and about 5 min.). The speech therapist said she did great with the work on a checkbook register and is doing well in her cognitive tasks. The occupational therapist had her laying on her back and trying to hold a ball above her head, between her two hands, steady, without dropping it. (she managed 5 seconds the first try and then 65 seconds at the end). Her counselor recommended that she wait at least 6 months before she tries to go camping again. The over-stimulation is hard on her brain. ( It puts a strain on her system). The bio-feedback therapy shows improvement each week. Each time Tami makes the mountain peaks reach a certain level consistently for a while, Steve raises the bar. The muscles should come back first in her shoulder, then down her arm, then in her hand.


Albert took the girls up to his grandma Toni's for the weekend and Tami started a book Friday night and had it finished by Sat. night.( about 600 pages). I'm happy to see that she still enjoys reading. It's a nice escape for her. I'm trying to have her do more for herself and her girls so I can see what she's capable of and what she still needs help with. Yesterday she vacuumed the house (and didn't fall over, yeah!) It wore her out , but I could tell she was proud to know she could do it. Well more later...Teresa.