Mom's Update

We had trouble maintaining our internet connection. Here is yesterday's post:

Part of the recovery process and moving out of the minimally conscious stage is when patients can use objects in the proper way. Such as a brush. Courtney has been brushing her hair for a while but today when she put the back side of the brush to her head she turned it over to use the 'teeth'. This was excellent.



She also used a toothbrush the right way. Courtney picked her name off a magnetic letter board 3 times today. We put the words yes, no and Courtney. Each time we moved Courtney into a new position and each time she found her name on the board.



She has not cooperated with a simple yes no exercise - often crumbling the papers and throwing them to the floor. Some of the therapists felt it was to simple and though she could follow the commands she was frustrated. We are going to try more complex words to help Courtney express herself and see if she can follow other commands. Courtney will respond to commands like 'scooch up in the chair' or 'put your leg in the pants' or pull your shirt sleeve off. This is why we think she could, if she wanted to, respond to much more simple commands like 'make a fist'.



Tonight when Craig came in to visit he had his gloves in his hand. Courtney took the gloves from him and put them on her hands. Imagine that they are very bulky on her small hands and yet she was able to put the second glove on and pull it tight around her wrist