So Sat. Cory did get a new smaller trech. Its called a Jackson. Its metal which kind of scared us because metal seems so permanent compared to his plastic one that was originally put in. They say that its smaller so his trech site will close up a little more before we actually take it out all the way.
Sunday Cory was able to get a hair cut from his sister in law and he looks mighty dapper if I do say so myself. Thanks J you are the BEST!!! The girls got to come down on Sunday again. It is so good for Cory to see them.
Today Cory worked very very very hard in therapy. In PT they did a new exercises where they have a large 2' x 3' cylinder that he laied on top of and he had to roll himself backwards onto his knees. He said that it was SOOOOO hard and really painful and tiring.
Then in OT Cory got to do "DOG THERAPY" They bring in a dog and Cory threw toys to it. Then it would do tricks like rolling over and playing dead. He also practiced putting hair clips in the dogs hair. The dog was a Schnoodle and his name is Nietschze sounds like neee chee
Finally in ST he did the ice therapy two times. Also, part of speech therapy is cognitive tests. He does really well on all the tests and most times answers faster than I can. For example they asked him to count backwards from 50 by 3's. He did it really fast. However today he was asked to put a line OVER some words and he wasnt really paying attention and put a line UNDER the words. haha I think he would have done that no matter what condition he was in. Its funny how we all miss little details sometimes.
We just talked to the Dr. and we are still waiting to see when we can get the trech and the the g-tube out for sure. Cory has been having a lot of pain at his g-tube site so hopefully we will be able to get it out sooner than later.
Good job Cory! I would have had to count on my fingers!
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