Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mom's Update

Courtney's trip to BMC and back was quick and mostly uneventful. The only point of interest was the traffic and misguided driver who thought he could 'cut' through the city and instead gave us the grand tour of Beantown!
The trip was very tiring for Courtney and so between the traveling and exhaustion it cut her therapy time down. She did very well with speech today and was talking to her OT and PT. We saw the stubborn Courtney we know and love today. Maureen, from speech, came in this morning. Courtney wrote on the dry erase board "leave me alone". Maureen asked "why do you want me to leave you alone?" Courtney wrote 'because I want to be left alone" (da da duh)! I asked Courtney if she remembered why she is at Braintree -she wrote "because of Mom." So I explained again about the accident and head injury and said that Maureen was there to help her get better. She nodded and looked at Maureen and said "I'm sorry." Maureen said 'you don't have to be sorry, but what are you sorry about?" Courtney answered "for being bossy."
Tomorrow or the next day Courtney will be walking the practice stairs in the gym. Her walking is very good now and Alissa has been practicing with me so that Courtney and I can walk alone. This weekend she will practice with Craig so he'll know how to walk along with Courtney too.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Please tell Courtney--way to go!! from the Laffeys. Tell her that baby Stephen is learning to walk and is getting huge. You won't recognize him, he has changed so much in the last few weeks. Jessie wanted to know if she could play ball with Courtney, too? We are still sorting things out here. Can't wait to see your faces again. We REALLY miss you. Hugs and kisses all around. Talk to you soon.
With love, the Laffeys

Anonymous said...

:~)

Anonymous said...

Diane I continue to be inspired. This is such an inspiring story and journey. I think of you, Courtney and your family daily.