2005-04-04
Lois loves to watch the squirrels and birds in her back yard. We have set up a number of feeders, some I have even made. She has 5 or 6 squirrels that feed regularly. It is amusing to watch them. They even have different personalities. One only has a stump for a tail. Lois is looking forward to being able to sit on her back porch and watching the birds and squirrels this Spring. Lois continues to make progress with relearning her numbers. She has been able to read numbers and even count by 2s and 5s. This is great progress, as only a few months ago she had basically no use of numbers whatsoever. Her speech therapist said that it would just take time and she appears to have been right. Lois’s brother Howard came for a short visit last week. Today Lois received her new brace that will help her walk. It turns out that the brace that was prescribed at BM was incorrect and was not for a person who is walking. They told us they felt Lois would not walk. We plan to “walk” out there someday and show them how wrong they were. This new brace is much bigger and has more straps for support. It will keep her ankle from turning when she walks and reduce the possibility of a fall or injury. Lois and the aids continue to work jigsaw puzzles. They have done almost all the ones that we had at the Office. I will hit some garage sales soon and buy some puzzles.