Our weekend up in Phoenix was GREAT!! Dylan has made sooo many improvements. When we got up there on Friday night, the patient tech told us that Dylan had a very busy week in therapy! He's doing so good. They said he is moving more and more aware of who/what are around him! He was wide awake when we got there on Friday night and we visited with him for a little bit before we went to the hotel. His blood sugars are still a little wobbly, they were in the mid 300's on Friday and for part of Saturday. Saturday morning Dyl was in the day room when we got there and when we walked in the door he smiled at us when he saw us! Such a neat thing to see!! The nurse told us that he's making a lot of progress with his therapy, she said that he's doing shapes right now, they give him a star/square/round shaped block and he has to put it in the correct opening and he was doing that!! I guess that's something they weren't expecting him to do at this stage!! He also was watching the patient care tech over the weekend and they both had glasses on and they were talking to Dylan and joking that he should reach up there and take their glasses off, and he reached up there to touch them! He also makes many movements on his own without prompting to get comfortable now! It's so neat to watch him relax in his chair or to settle himself more comfortably in his bed! He was hanging out in the day room on Sunday and we were talking to him about what was on his blanket (rodeo, cowboys, campfires and camping gear) and Dan asked him where the campfire was on the blanket and he lifted his hand and pointed right to it!! He is doing really good with keeping his head central (he used to have it turned to the left or right side) and he's pretty good about keeping it in the middle now. He is also using his hands to scratch itches on his face/nose and to rub his hair! It's amazing how much more mobile he is now! We saw and heard him laugh again this weekend! That's always a treat, he has such a sense of humor and really seems to know when you are having fun and joking around! Dan and I were asking him for kisses this weekend and he lifted his head toward us to get kisses.
He is also doing some art work with the therapist during the week, he did a picture they put up in his room! So cool to see that he's able to control his hands enough to do that kind of thing!! He understands more of what we are telling him too, he knows when we are going to lunch or to run an errand and we tell him we'll be back soon, and then he gets mad at us when we get back because he was by himself for a little while. Our friends went up to see him yesterday and they said the therapist told them Dylan's therapy went well his target goal was a "5" and he got 5 out of 5!! Way to go Dylan!!! They called Dan to tell him and when they put the phone up to Dyl's ear and Dan talked to him he got mad and started crying because he couldn't see Dan. So he seems to be understanding and aware of tons more stuff! His birthday is coming up soon and we are having a mini get together for him up there. I can't believe that he is going to be 14!! He's grown so much in the last few months! I saw a picture of him in his wheelchair yesterday and our friends kids were standing next to him and he looked like the jolly green giant next to them! He's so tall!! He really seems to enjoy being outside more and more. When we took him outside on Sunday he was just watching the birds and looking at the cars passing by and then checking out the mountains! He was so much more alert as to what was around him! He's still working on the knuckle-bumps and he's getting really good at moving his arms up over his head to relax. We've noticed more controlled movement on his right side too, which is great because his left side has been so dominant! ~Keri :o)
He is also doing some art work with the therapist during the week, he did a picture they put up in his room! So cool to see that he's able to control his hands enough to do that kind of thing!! He understands more of what we are telling him too, he knows when we are going to lunch or to run an errand and we tell him we'll be back soon, and then he gets mad at us when we get back because he was by himself for a little while. Our friends went up to see him yesterday and they said the therapist told them Dylan's therapy went well his target goal was a "5" and he got 5 out of 5!! Way to go Dylan!!! They called Dan to tell him and when they put the phone up to Dyl's ear and Dan talked to him he got mad and started crying because he couldn't see Dan. So he seems to be understanding and aware of tons more stuff! His birthday is coming up soon and we are having a mini get together for him up there. I can't believe that he is going to be 14!! He's grown so much in the last few months! I saw a picture of him in his wheelchair yesterday and our friends kids were standing next to him and he looked like the jolly green giant next to them! He's so tall!! He really seems to enjoy being outside more and more. When we took him outside on Sunday he was just watching the birds and looking at the cars passing by and then checking out the mountains! He was so much more alert as to what was around him! He's still working on the knuckle-bumps and he's getting really good at moving his arms up over his head to relax. We've noticed more controlled movement on his right side too, which is great because his left side has been so dominant! ~Keri :o)
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