Monday, July 10, 2007
Dr. Stenehjem injected botox into Josh's left wrist to straighten out his fingers and allow for more mobility. He was also re-casted today to further extend the left arm. His OT's, Cindi and Sara, signed the cast. The cast is rather awkward and weighs Josh down a bit on the left side especially when he walks, but it's only temporary. Hopefully it will do the trick and give him more mobility.
Josh has food on the brain big time. Today his speech therapist, Elizabeth, took him to the vending machine and bought him a Butterfingers candy bar. He devoured it in two seconds. Josh still has to be monitored when he eats to make sure everything is going down correctly. So far, so good. Soon he'll be upgraded from diced foods and thickened liquids to normal food and drink.
Today four of Josh's buddies from school came to visit - Dante, Rocco, Michael and Shawn. They were pretty impressed with Josh's progress since they hadn't seen him in a while. At first Josh acted like he didn't know them. Then he started laughing and said hi to each friend by name. Josh continues to mess with us and makes everyone laugh. Later on in the day when Josh was in bed, he looked at me and said, "You look like my mother..." Then he cracked up laughing. At least he's in a good mood.
Before I left, Josh tells me, "Mom, bring me rollos and a protein drink with zoom..." (whatever that is?)
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