April 13, 2009

Jodi and I laughed so hard when they had her run down the corridor at therapy today.  She claims that she never did have a lot of coordination but she says that her running is pathetic.  I had to agree.  She is a funny sight to behold as she comes down the hall towards everyone.  They all run for the sides for fear of being trampled.  Once she gets going, there is no way that she can stop quickly to prevent a collision.  In spite of the lack of coordination, she is really making head-way. The laughing is good for her and her sense of humor and ability to laugh at herself has attributed to her emotional stability.  She hopped like the Easter bunny, played basket ball, did her balancing exercises, jumped towards the ceiling, road a scooter, walked back and forth as fast as she could go. Of course, she did all of this with a lot of assistance and supervision.  She never uses her wheelchair except when in public places where she could be easily bumped.  Her facial muscles are getting stronger as well.  Today, we went to lunch and celebrated three months of being able to swallow.  She ordered eye glasses today as well.  They will help her double vision.  The doctor thinks glasses might do the trick instead of doing surgery.  Hope it helps her sight as well as her balance.

Jodi was able to give her speech concerning sexual abuse to the "law" folks at HAFB.  She got a lot of great feedback about what an amazing person she is.  She doesn't see that, but we have to agree.

Jodi and her family were able to join in the family annual Easter Egg Extravaganza and then have dinner with us.  Jodi ate like a horse.  She remembers only too well what it was like last year during the Easter family dinner when she could only watch everyone enjoy the food.

That's it for this week. Things continue to look up.