Today was Megan's last day staying at Spaulding, and the inpatient portion of her recovery is over! They didn't give her an easy last day at all. She had an early start at 8 and went from there. I missed PT at 8, but I think they worked on getting equipment that we will need in the house (railings for shower, toilet, stairs, etc.) It is difficult to think of all the things she will need for help because we take so much for granted.
Speech was sort of fun today, we went to the speech office and her SLP pulled out a box of random objects. The SLP would show Megan an object (comb, hammer, book, cup, etc). Megan had to name the object. When she first arrived they did a similar examination and on average Megan was able to name about 20-30% of the objects. Today she consistently got 80% right. She needed some extra time, and a verbal cue here and there, but did very well. Next we went on a scavenger hunt of the hospital! Megan did very well, I think she surprised her SLP with her ability to talk to strangers when she needed help. The questions were
-What is the temperature outside?
-How much does a coffee cost?
-How many floors does the hospital have?
-What is the main hospital phone number?
-Where is the gift shop?
-Find something that costs less than $20?
Megan was able to ask for help when she needed it, and was able to form good sentences.
After speech, Megan had OT. She didn't do much therapy, it was more making accommodations for when she goes home. He also taught us how to do exercises with her arm to work on everyday.
Megan was supposed to go biking with her recreational therapist, Leah. I had to go home before she went out. I'll have to ask my dad how it went. Hopefully he took some pictures. I will update you on that if I get any details.
Tomorrow is the big day!!! Don't know what her plan is for the big day, I think she'll spend most of the day getting used to being home again. Getting used to going up the stairs, to the bathroom, around the first floor, etc.
The next few days are going to be busy, as we have a family wedding. I will be leaving tomorrow and won't be back until Saturday. I will probably not update the blog until then. I believe the home nurse will be coming on Sunday to start that therapy, so I will update you all on that once I know more.
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