A Good Day

Today was a good day.

I'm potty training a toddler and taking care of a disabled husband without my main caregiver this week.  It's crazy around here.  Thanks to my caregiver that comes for 1-1/2 hours in the morning to get David up and dressed, my brother-in-law coming for a few hours to help and my mother-in-law babysitting and helping some this week, it's not as bad as it could be.

David did awesome today.  He did his exercises really well this morning and was able to hold a hands and knees (quadruped) position for a minute without barely any assistance from me.  His push ups were really strong too.  He had a really bad headache last night so didn't sleep too well, so amazed me that he was cognitively and physically strong today.  Usually the next day after a bad headache is a wash.  He gets stuck on about 12 different subjects and will cycle through them endlessly throughout the day but today he did pretty good with staying on topic and even asking some relevant questions today.

We are visiting the neurologist tomorrow and his physiatrist in a few weeks.  Please pray for wisdom for me to ask for the right things for David to aid in his healing.  Some of the big things on my "list" are a solution for his ongoing headaches and regular PT and/or OT to relieve me of the hours of work I do with David on a daily basis just to maintain mobility and slowly progress to functional activities.  In a couple months I will not be able to do this amount of work with him and it is imperative to keeping his headaches and other spasticity/tone related pain and stiffness at a dull roar.  Between that and weekly chiropractic visits, these are the things that I've found to help the most with his pain.  He needs skilled therapy, not just caregivers doing rote exercises.