to get him motivated to do much on his own here at the house the other 4 days of the week. He just doesn't get how hard it is for me to now have the responsiblity of handling EVERYTHING in our lives plus caring for him AND working full-time. I want him to try doing more on his own, but I know he hates when I "nag" him, so I was happy that Butch Scherer, a long-time friend of George's that also attends our church, came by last week and gave him a pep talk. Butch even took the time to walk the hallways with George! When we arrived at therapy today, we also had a little "pow-wow" with Derrell and Paige, George's therapists. Along with reiterating to George how important it is that he do his exercises every day, they encouraged us to try and find a stroke recovery group that might help us deal with the emotional "trauma" that both George & I have suffered with this life-changing ordeal. Another of their suggestions was to have George visit with a nueropychologist who is trained to detect brain dysfunction in cognitive skills due to brain injuries. Of course, I welcome these suggestions, but it's just something else to add to my "to do" list which is already a mile long! Oh well, the old saying goes that God doesn't give you more than you can handle, but to that I must say, he has more faith in me than I have in myself right now! Anyway, George ended up having a pretty good day at therapy after the therapists' pep talk. He and Paige worked on sitting and standing and "making turns" on his own. He was doing so well that Pagie let George wiggle and wobble until he caught his balance. I was proud of him; he did good! Here's a quick little video clip that I took of that action:So, just keep us in your prayers ... along with rain before everything dries up completely!!
