A week makes all the difference...

Today I took Craig to his OT and Speech appointments. They were both amazed at the progress he has made in the past week.

The speech therapist gave him a number of test. He passed all of them without any problems. She said he is doing well with his attention (with and without background noises), deductive reasoning and that his speed is good. Speed seems to be the one area he can work on. She figures he is just fine and that having to write with his left hand is what is slowing him down. She pointed out that his chattiness has subsided to an almost normal level. She also sent him home with homework. A sequencing worksheet and sudoku. The therapist also said she wishes the neuropsychologist could meet with him before August 2. She figures he will have no problems passing those test.

OT gave him a visual/perceptual test and a reaction test. His reaction time had to be at or under .5 seconds. He was right at the .5 seconds. He also passed the driving assessment test. Too bad he has all those broken bones that are keeping him from actually driving. The OT guy said that Craig was definitely a different man from last week and that he was running out of things to do with him so he might be done with OT early. He also gave Craig homework after I asked him to. He has been so bored at home that I need something to keep him busy.

They are not starting any of his PT until we see the Ortho Specialist and the Hand Specialist on June 29th.

Craig finally agreed to try taking some sleeping pills for a few nights to help him get his sleeping schedule back to normal. He has not been sleeping well at night so he has been taking naps during the day because he is so wiped out and then he can't sleep well at night again and so on and so on. He slept all night last night and has not had a nap since he got up for the day. I figure a couple of days like this and things will get back to normal for him. (And I can actually get some sleep too!)

Like I mentioned earlier Craig's chattiness has gotten much better. He also has not been as overwhelmingly loving and thankful. He is still kind, loving and grateful though just not in such an overwhelming (almost creepy) way. I know a few of you will be grateful for that. Thank you to all his friends and family who put up with him through that phrase. Although I think Jesse might be sad that he won't get to buy Craig a pink bike. :)

I have gotten a few phone calls about Craig's leave status. At this time he has hit the maximum amount of leave that SkyWest will allow to be donated him. If Craig cannot come back to work at the end of three months they may allow for more leave to be donated although I am not 100% sure about that. I just want everyone to know how grateful we are for the leave which was donated. This has been a very stressful time in our lives and having to not worry about no pay checks for the next few months is such a relief!!! We will be forever in your debt.