Saturday, April 7, 2007

Saturday, April 7, 2007
Mike's Perspective

We met Mike’s PT today and Mike just loves him. He really pushed Mike. Walked the property, did hip rehab exercises, Light weights for upper body and walked in the park with us for a full evaluation. He said Mike is very strong but a little unstable and needs athletic shoes for outdoors and both canes. He was quite impressed with Mike physically and will reinforce the ongoing occupational and speech therapies where Mike needs the greatest help. Mike still has serious memory loss, word loss and expressive/cognitive defecits. It will all come back over time……patience, repetition, therapy.

We met with Mom’s neighbor at noon. Jeanne Hess is a holistic nurse and has had several very serious head injuries. She spent time with Mike discussing her frustrations with her recovery which is still ongoing. Her last accident was in 1999. Mike expressed several interesting insights. He said:

“ I feel that I can’t catch up.”

In groups of people, “ I feel discombulalated.”

"My loss is worse physically."

“I feel like I’m going to tip over. I need spatial alignment. My canes give me groundedness." He pointed to Suzie and said, "You’re the one I use to be grounded, physically and emotionally.”

“Depression means you give up.”

“ Sometimes I feel sad and sinking.”

Some great insights from Mike, don’t you think?

Jeanne then did a healing meditation using guided imagery and hands on energy work. It was a very peaceful experience for Mike and he seemed rested afterward and was very grateful for her time and sharing with him.

Suzanne