Update on Alex Wells: Alex has had such a busy week, I dont even know where to start! Alexs speech and physical therapists wanted to test out different ways of communication with him last Friday when I was there. They hung some bells above an arch on his bed, and told him to only hit the bell if the answer is yes, and to keep his foot down if the answer was no. They then asked him if I was in the room with him. He turned his head to look over at me, then kicked up and hit the bell! They were pretty impressed with how he pointed me out to them first before he answered! :D! Another new way of communication they started up with him, is a process called Scanning. Im extremely excited about this, and am so happy they believe that he is ready for this process. She brought out her IPad, and showed Alex 6 photos on the screen. Each photo was a image of something he enjoyed. And every time she tapped a photo, it would say out loud what the photo was. She told Alex once he heard Oregon Ducks, to reach up and kick the bell above his foot. She started scanning through, and when she hit the Oregon Duck symbol, we both heard the bell go off shortly after! And after she left I started showing him pictures of VWs on my phone, I brought up a photo of an engine, and asked him if it was the steering wheel.. He looked at me like i was crazy, and didnt ring the bell. Once I said Oh wait.. Thats the engine isnt it? He kicked that bell like he was schooling me on cars once again. :) He understands that green stands for yes, and red stands for no, which he showed his mom by kicking balloons to answer questions just the other day! He is just.. He is doing so great. The list of all the things his doctors said hed never be able to do in the beginning, keeps getting smaller and smaller as days go by. And Im so thankful for that. Once again, I want to thank everyone for continuing to pray for Alex during his recovery, And all your positive words, thoughts, stories that youve shared.. Everything. We really do appreciate it!
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:02:06 +0000
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