Monday began another busy week with therapies and continued progress. We noticed when we arrived in the morning that Jean seemed very tired, so getting anything out of her was straining, however once we did our "warm ups" and got her brain working, words started coming much easier. Jean did her OT in the morning and PT in the early afternoon and she worked hard. After that, we started working on flashcards and Alan decided to take a nap. He laid down on Jean's bed and pulled the curtain (Jean was laughing at him the whole time-can't you just hear her say, "what in the world is he doing?") and a moment later she said, "why don't we go down to the big room?", turned off the lights, closed the drapes, gathered her homework, and we left the room to let Alan sleep! It was so good to see her nurturing self taking care of him!
We worked on some abstract ideas like putting items that go together (chair-table, tree-apple, bowl-spoon, rain-umbrella, kite-windy), and describing what is happening in pictures I showed her. Her speech therapist arrived just before dinner but Jean gave it her all and was reading short paragraphs and answering comprehension questions.
I am inspired by Jean's patience with herself and her ability to laugh at the silly things that sometimes come out of her mouth by accident!
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