Wednesday

I spent 8 hours at FINR today. I watched all four of Richard's therapies. He did a variety of jaw and tongue exercises with speech therapy. That goal is to strengthen the mouth and jaw to began eating solid foods. He had a baked potato for lunch and was able to chew that. His physical therapy consisted of walking alot. He went outside and walked around the building twice (its a big building) then they made him play catch with me for ten minutes. He also had to stand up in one spot and balance and play a game for 15 minutes. We played UNO. They did range of motion on his left arm and neck because those are the only two things he isnt moving properly. In the afternoon he had OT which consisted of playing a board game. They try to teach counting, patience, and endurance of his attention span. He did excellent in all of them with minor complaining. After everything was done, he wanted to walk more. Im not sure Im allowed to but I let him get up and I took him out the side door and we went quite a ways. His main goal today was to stay up all day without naping. He is trying to sleep better at night but his "crazy dreams" wake him up. We also has a long talk. His memory is starting to return and its so cool to him. He's amazed with himself when he remembers something. That memory usually sparks another one. We went on for more than hour about growing up. His short term memory still isnt there but its coming along also.
We also visited Christie three times today. Once she was sleeping and he didnt want to bother her. Once she was in the chair and he had a talk with her. Told her it was good for her to be in the chair because laying in bed all day wasnt good for her. The last time we saw her she was in the gym working out (they were doing the working out for her) and he told her to pay attention to what they were doing because soon they would make her do it on her own. :) He told her to work hard to get better like him.
The day before this Philip spent the day with him because I had school. He said they had an awesome day. That he worked hard and ate all his meals. Richard really responds to Philip being there. Its good for him. BIG NEWS: Its not final yet, but they think that Richard can move to the independent living facility next week. He have more freedom and privacy.