Good and Bad

Chase started out having a rough day today. Jeff was there in the morning for his therapy's while I did a few things that needed to be done here at home (unfortunately life doesn't stop for us). He said Chase didn't want to do his therapy and yelled a lot (swore too) and got pretty agitated. I was there for most of the therapy today. The second session of physical therapy wasn't so good. He didn't want to do it at all. He kept saying he wanted to go home and even cried a little. He would yell really loud and smack things, throw the ball away, etc. We told him it was like school. He has to go to school and learn the things he needs to know, just like here. He said if he was in school he could just drop out and go home. ;) But then Vince told him he wouldn't want to do that. He was in some pain and frustrated. I had a hard time seeing him that way too. It truly breaks my heart. I wish I could do this for him. As a Mom I always want to take away my children's pain, sickness, sadness and trials. But I can't do that. I hate feeling so helpless that way.

During speech therapy he did a little better. He still got a little frustrated but not as much. They mostly worked with memory today. I think he did pretty well. In occupational therapy he had to do an hour but he played with a Wii. He actually enjoyed that. He played tennis against Breanna and Justin. Then he played bowling against Justin and Jeff. He kicked their butts and laughed a few times too. It was nice to see him smile. Then he played a round of golf against Jeff. He got a little agitated a couple times but not bad. After that he got a break and ate some dinner and watched a movie.

He had an x-ray on his arm to make sure things were looking good there. All seems to be good so far. His CNA gave him ice cream for doing such a good job in x-ray. He loved that.

So things started out on a tough note but ended on a good one. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I was proud of his progress today and made sure to tell him that.

Love,
Michelle