Finally! Some Videos!

We have been working hard trying to figure out how to make videos. These are amateurish, but get the point across. Mom is still doing well. She sits with us for long periods of time, and wants to be engaged in what we are doing. She is still following verbal instructions well. Some of the activities are hit and miss, she will do it sometimes but if she is tired or we do to much she gets frustrated and wants to stop. So we are trying not to push too hard and just let things happen.



This picture was taken at Macaroni Grill yesterday. They put butcher paper on the table and Missy took a crayon and started writing names. Mom does better with names of familiar people. Missy would write a name and Mom would write it underneath. Note Missy would write in proper case, and sometimes Mom would write her letters differently. So we know she wasn't just copying. Mom would also say the letters out loud as she was writing, which Missy did not do. We tried this again this morning, and Mom only did one name with Missy, and wouldn't do any with me. I don't know what was different, other than we had been playing some other games beforehand so she may have been tired, or it may have been we were working in a notebook with lined paper and multiple pages. We will try to figure it out. Like I said, some things are hit and miss. The time of day or what else is going on around us seems to make a difference.

Here are the videos we've got so far

Mom saying the alphabet - before and after

Mom counting backwards - before and after

Mom saying the days of the week - before and after

Mom doing the name flash cards day 4 after 1st treatment

Mom following gentle verbal instructions day 4 after 1st treatment


Note to Aunt Pat - if there is something else specific you want us to video please let me know!

We'll be posting more later! Today is Missy's last day here, so we are hoping to get out and do something fun. I want to go to Disneyland, but that may be too much too soon. So maybe we'll go looking for movie stars . . .

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