therapy and more...........

Mikey has therapy days on Mondays and Fridays. The therapists are doubling up with speech and occupational therapy. They both work on similar things, mainly cognitive tasks/exercises, memory strategies, maintaining attention. In addition the occupational therapist is working on Mikey's right upper extremity (shoulder/arm) which they found to be slightly weak compared to the left. Occupational therapy also works on "ADL" which is short for activities of daily living (like doing chores, housework, cooking........ The neuropsychology evaluation is an ongoing process, and it is not completed yet. Mikey comes to Lakeland on Saturday and stays until Monday night, then to Dade City with Tommy and Lynne Monday night through Saturday morning.
Last weekend we went to Vero Beach for Morgan's gymnastics competition. I don't think Mikey had ever been to one, and at times he was bored I think, but he went along and didn't complain too much. He did get restless and would pace around some, but he was a pretty good sport. We stayed the night with our friends Karrie and PJ. Mikey played Halo on the X box and "owned" Tyler, who is Karrie and PJ's son. We ate steak and lobster, picked up a dog for Morgan's teacher (thats another story), then drove back Sunday.
I am noticing more improvements in Mikey's memory, and he seems to be more and more alert and interested in the world around him. He also does not get as agitated in traffic. He doesn't curse as much either. We have been told that we should continue to see gradual improvements in all areas, and I am thrilled that he has come this far from where he was last week, 2 weeks ago, 2 months ago etc.

continued improvements

Mikey continues to make steady progress. His therapist said this week she needs to find him some harder word problems/exercises for next week because he needs to be challenged more. He is coming up with lots of words that he couldnt in the beginning. He is using bigger words too. Today we had a birthday party for Scott's younger grandson Ian. We cooked steaks, had wings, cake presents etc.... Quite a few people over. Mikey thought it was hilarious when Petey (our dog) chased Ludacris (our cat) around the back yard, and then barked some more through the glass door. Tonight Mikey is already in bed. We spent lots of time outdoors today--although its cold (for Florida, that is...) it was nice and sunny.

Superbowl Sunday Saints vs Colts

Time for another update. We had a good week, therapy Tues and Friday. Neurologist appointment Tuesday for medication refills. Mikey is showing definite improvement in his therapy session. We learned a new card game that we can play that utilized memory, math etc.....I taught the game to Morgan, so she can pass it on. We went to see Avatar yesterday--great movie, in 3 D. Mikey talked to Kelly who he met at Camp Chanco for a bit Afterwards we went to the Wilcox's out in Kathleen--David has a fish farm and it was fight night(UFC-Ultimate Fighting Competition in Las Vegas). Mikey played "Call of Duty" on X-box with 3 others (he is really good at this), they sang Karoke(we watched!!), they have a batting cage etc....The kids played "Manhunt". Afterwards we chilled at the house. Mikey is sleeping in right now...................Tonight is the SuperBowl. Tommy is having some people out to Dade City {Todd}, so Mikey will be heading out there later this afternoon.