One of the side effects of Boo's strokes is an ongoing
need for various kinds of therapy. For a long while we had a wonderful home
health team that came to our home and worked with him. The physical and
occupational therapists had an endless supply of exercises that helped him
relearn lost skills. On the days they weren't scheduled to come, Boo and I did
his exercises. Unfortunately, the exercises took much of the time he was awake
and left little time for anything else. Still, this was for a season. This was
Boo's time to heal. I've never seen anyone so motivated to be as well as he
possibly could. Finally the day came when Boo “graduated” from home health
services. We were ecstatic! Now, we could get on with our
lives.
In the process of continuing with our lives, I began
to notice that Boo was regressing a little. He was “losing” small skills that he
had regained. After a short while, we realized that therapy needed to continue.
For the first time, Boo was resistant. He wanted his life back not endless
rounds of therapy. We had long talks about what was important to us: time
together reading, talking, taking walks, praying, cooking, working together.
Obviously it was time to rethink our approach to therapy and initiate lifestyle
changes that would make ongoing therapy an integral and satisfying part of our
life together.
This section of our blog is about the ways we are
trying to integrate the therapies Boo needs naturally into our
lives.
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