"Real life"
Hi Friends,
Did some extra hours this morning to help pay for the upcoming move, and all that involves...luckily work wasn't too bad, and I got to see the weekend girls which I hardly ever get to do, so that was nice as well. When I was done, I did some errands, ate some lunch, and then headed over to hang out with mom. She was waiting for me in the lobby when I arrived, and we just sat down there on a bench and chatted for a long while...we actually had some great conversations, and though mostly these days they center around clarifying and re-clarifying details about the last 7 months (this is called perseveration...an almost-obsession with something, in this case a particular subject...very common in brain injury survivors), it went well. I think it is very hard for her to believe this whole mess happened to her...she has no memory of most of it so it seems like a horrifying story about someone else...she is constantly trying to "get it in her head right, to think about it right" that it was really her, and that it did really happen, "truly, in real life." I can only imagine what that must be like for her. It's no wonder she perseverates on it. And I'm not sure what I can do besides reinforce it over and over...sometimes I try to steer the conversation to something else from sheer exhaustion in discussing it. I'm not sure what's the right thing to do.
After mom had her dinner, we headed back up to her room to work on her homework a bit, which we did and she got it all done. Her writing is improving still day by day...she hardly ever spells anything wrong anymore...and the incidence of her using the wrong words for things is decreasing as well (aphasia be gone!). Her speech is so much more fluid than it ever has been in the past...no more of the halting speech where every word was a struggle to get out. Yay! Hallelujah!!!
Back to work tomorrow for a full and busy day to be sure. I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend! Thank you all for your continued love and support on this journey. Peace.
Did some extra hours this morning to help pay for the upcoming move, and all that involves...luckily work wasn't too bad, and I got to see the weekend girls which I hardly ever get to do, so that was nice as well. When I was done, I did some errands, ate some lunch, and then headed over to hang out with mom. She was waiting for me in the lobby when I arrived, and we just sat down there on a bench and chatted for a long while...we actually had some great conversations, and though mostly these days they center around clarifying and re-clarifying details about the last 7 months (this is called perseveration...an almost-obsession with something, in this case a particular subject...very common in brain injury survivors), it went well. I think it is very hard for her to believe this whole mess happened to her...she has no memory of most of it so it seems like a horrifying story about someone else...she is constantly trying to "get it in her head right, to think about it right" that it was really her, and that it did really happen, "truly, in real life." I can only imagine what that must be like for her. It's no wonder she perseverates on it. And I'm not sure what I can do besides reinforce it over and over...sometimes I try to steer the conversation to something else from sheer exhaustion in discussing it. I'm not sure what's the right thing to do.
After mom had her dinner, we headed back up to her room to work on her homework a bit, which we did and she got it all done. Her writing is improving still day by day...she hardly ever spells anything wrong anymore...and the incidence of her using the wrong words for things is decreasing as well (aphasia be gone!). Her speech is so much more fluid than it ever has been in the past...no more of the halting speech where every word was a struggle to get out. Yay! Hallelujah!!!
Back to work tomorrow for a full and busy day to be sure. I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend! Thank you all for your continued love and support on this journey. Peace.
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