Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Point for me

Therapy has been going well for Sam. She walked for the first time in the ecto-skeleton they have a Neuroworx. Everything they do is to remind your body how to fire the neurons to accomplish what you want to do. They have been keeping her upwards to three hours per workout. I love it. Sam has been getting pretty strong. Its really nice that she can roll over and reposition herself during the night. Last night when we were putting her to bed I was putting on her hand splints and I asked her if she could move her pointer finger on her left hand. She moved it pretty easily. This doesn't sound like much for you and me but for a SCI person it is great. The hand specialist at Mountain View in Payson has been working hard with her. Its so important for someone with a spinal cord injury to have their hands. I am so glad its starting to come around. A couple days ago when Jill was doing something in the room with Sam their was a cold water bottle leaning against her thigh.  She asked Jill what is touching me, its cold! Can you move it. Just a couple months ago she didn't have a lot of heat/cool sensation on her skin.  Slowly but surely things are getting better. Sam has been active with the softball team. We still drive her around the state for games. We appreciate all who talk with us.  Thanks so much for continuing to care about us and Sam. Love to everyone.