Walkers and Transfers

This morning, Marie was "upgraded" to allow her to transfer a.k.a. move from a bed to a chair on her own. This is a big step in regaining her independance and she is pleased, although she is already asking about the next step. Further assessment will completed later this week to work towards granting Marie additional Independence to move around in other situations as well.



Although Marie was previously walking with a cane, the physiotherapists now want Marie to walk with a walker. This is so she can focus more on pushing down with her left arm while walking. This helps build stability and also strength in her left arm.



The speech pathologist says that Marie has almost all of her regular speech patterns. Most of the exercises focus on relatively minor things. For example, working on the tone in her voice. We've been doing these exercises for a week now and there is already a big difference. Speech exercises are proving to be the most fun of all of the therapy, especially when we make up our own phrases and sentences.... and you know how good Marie is at improvisation... I'll let you imagine what types of phrases we practice with! Haha!