9-29-2010

Occupational therapy


Speech therapy









Physical therapy

9-28-2010

Video of the cast guy observing Suzy walking so he can make a custom brace for her leg.


Stepping up


Stretching with Liz


Stretching with Brent


Walking up the stairs

Family Home Evening

On Monday for Family Home Evening, Brent and the boys brought in Chinese food. Then they payed pool & visited in the Rec room.

A Visit Home!

Suzy got to take a trip home Sunday. At the rehab center as patients are getting close to a release date, they let them have a day pass so they can go home for a "test run" to see how things will go.

Checking the mail

Sadie was VERY excited to see Suzy!

Just hanging out.

  It was a good day!

Another busy day...

Suzy had a very busy day of rehab today.  They had her walk "the block" around the halls of the center...

Then she walked outside for a bit...she is getting really good at walking with a cane.

While they were outside, Suzy and the therapist were telling Brent about how funny it was when Suzy was trying to work out on Wednesday.

After walking outside, she walked forwards and backwards at the parallel bars.


They also had her at the step again...and this time it wasn't to do the Hokey Pokey.

Brent's friend Dan Gilliou, who was on the US wheelchair rugby team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, stopped by for a visit.

Then for recreational therapy she got to play in the dirt.

I know this is a LOT of videos...but every one of them make me smile, so I just have to post them all! ~Michelle

Thursday, Spetember 23, 2010

On Thursday, Becky, Leslie & I   showed up for the last 20 minutes of Suzy’s physical therapy.  She was making up for Wednesday with her workout on Thursday, and the therapist agreed; she was amazingly better on Thursday.  He and she could both laugh about her performance Wednesday—she felt much better about things on Thursday.  It’s always great to hear a hearty “Suzy laugh!”

After walking the halls, she was back in the parallel bars practicing squatting—re-learning how to control her leg muscles when going up and down.  She’s really good at getting all the way up and down from her wheelchair unassisted. 

Her lunch at the rehab center was very forgettable (I can attest to that—not tasty!), but that was okay because she got to go on a field-trip to Applebee’s for a late lunch after her speech therapy, and I heard it was great.  Brent might have more details or information about that trip. ~Barb

Lazy days and Wednesdays...

Suzy hit a wall today. This morning she called Brent and was a bit upset about the fact that she just didn't have "it" in her today. She was way too tired for physical or occupational therapy. Later in the evening as they were talking they realized why she was so tired today.

Monday night, after a really good workout, they did a sleep apnea test on Suz. Due to all the gear they had on her, she was not able to get a good nights rest. Then on Tuesday she gave all she had to another intense workout, so today she was drained!

When I called her tonight to see how her day was, she told me "Hard." Not having the energy for physical or occupational therapy kind of threw her for a loop, but she says, "Tomorrow I will make up for missing today."

Seeing how hard she's been working, I don't doubt it. ~Michelle