Being
close to Russ and seeing him every day I don’t notice a lot of the improvements
he is making. I just noticed recently that he has a lot more facial
expressions, he is trying to say hi and bye more often, what he does try to say
is sounding better, and he is still communicating better with his keyboard or
text messages on the phone. In addition I hear far fewer confused sentences
than just a couple months ago.
We
need to focus now on the skills Russ will need to go back to work. More importantly
the skills he would need to get a job that would allow him to support himself.
In most of the things Russ tries to do, he gets most of it done but there are
details that give him trouble.
We
have scheduled a family meeting with his therapists for next week. I am anxious
to see how the therapists think he is doing. We would also like to see if there
is anything we can do to help at home. He has been asking me to play chess with
him. He says he has been playing chess at Kessler with another patient. He
remembers how to play and I think it must be a good exercise for him.
More
driving lessons this week. If he keeps doing well he may be ready for a test
from the NJDMV after a couple more lessons.
Thanks
for following his recovery,
Bob