Work, Work, and Paint!

OT & PT had Greg working harder than ever today. Still working on a lot of "pre-skills" which means isolating and understanding muscle usage. Greg worked on feeding skills again with the right hand/arm and  turning lying down. Turning was fascinating to watch-what muscles to use, what position to be in. Turning starts off with a punching motion-almost like boxing-who knew? He also used the arm bike as pictured above. It can move for you, but of course, Greg had to outpace the machine.

After PT we saw several staff and patients in one of the lounges and went in to join them. They were painting the windows with Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanza symbols. At first it was uncomfortable-what could we do? What could could Greg do? But a wonderful young woman came over, asked Greg if he wanted to paint and he said sure. I told her about the adaptive braces and tools I had in the room. She said go get them and was sure one would work. Well she fixed up a brush for Greg and found a way to position him by a window and with his left hand painted the tree seen below. The window looks over the front of the hospital where there is a playground and the bay.