Happy Fourth

I visited Richard and Christie all day Thursday and the morning of Friday. Thursday was a great day. I went to all his therapies with him which he did pretty well in. Christie did good also. She did the ball kick again. And she did object recognition. Then we headed back to his building and played a mean game of scrabble. He beat me like 312 to 140. It was a massacre. And just so everyone knows, I didnt let him win. There was a huge storm that night and we lost power for about an hour. So we all sat around the common area listening to the storm because we couldnt do much else since there was no power. After dinner, we ran (me pushing him) over to the other building so he could kiss Christie goodnight. We hung out for a little bit. Richard was joking around with Christie and she made a noise that sounded like a small laugh. We were tottally excited. Richard went out to the nursing desk and told everyone. I stayed until it got dark.
Today, Phil and I only went up for the morning. All his therapies were squished into the morning because it July 4th. We got there SSSOOO early he was just finishing breakfast. He was sitting on the back lanai enjoying the morning sounds. He was astounded we were there that early so he offered us breakfast. We brought him some things from his past to try and spark his memory. It helped and he enjoyed the walk down memory lane. During his therapies, Christie was right beside him, so we got to watch everything. They did some stretching with Christies arms and legs. She didnt like it. She was giving the therapists really dirty looks. One of the therapists said if you dont like this, you can punch me in the face. Christie hit him! It was gentle but she understood. I havent blogged a lot about her because I will never put anything on here that someone told me. I have to see it for myself. Her therapists have told me of the things she does but Im a visual person and need to see it to believe it I guess. So with that said, Im really excited about what Ive seen her do this past week. For Richards therapy he had to walk around almost the whole FINR campus starting from in the gym, out the back door, around the lake, down to the basketball courts, and then back but a different way. He had to go at a 1.6 mph rate and had to maintain good posture throughout and swing his arms accordingly. Then he did balancing exercises on one knees with his eyes closed. He said he doesnt like it because the darkness makes him feel like he is falling and it scares him. I brought little presents (4th of July lollipops) for him to give to his therapists and it was cute to watch him walk around and give them out. We left at lunch because we had a church activity. I have school tomorrow so I wont see him until Sunday. So if anyone wants to keep him company, it would be great! Just be prepared to play games.