Week 4: Friday

Didn't blog for 2 days because PT CPI took up the time I usually use for blogging/journal. My morning journal has become more of a morning prayer book. I ask for strength to deal with my new patients. First of all I'll backtrack a little. Week 4: Wednesday I remember this was not a great day. I had a hard time with Mrs. S as usual. There was no communication between us. She resisted everything I did for her: ROM, stretching, leaning forward, standing, etc. I remember asking three different staff members to help with the transfer (sit to stand) and all three struck out. We got Mr. S up from sit to stand. It was max assist x2. We walked for about 30 feet, thanks to J's verbal cues "Big step!" Week 4: Thursday This was a kind of a weird day for me. I was coaxing Mrs. S as usual and her daughter came in to visit her. Mrs. S seemed to enjoy the company of her daughter. Her daughter immediately started coaxing her mother to stand and walk with her. Mrs. S got motivated enough to sit forward, but refused to stand. Chris saw the mother-daughter scene and decided to come over, worked his magic, and got Mrs. S up all by himself, then we walked for about 40 feet with mod assist x2. I got into a bit of trouble trying to persuad Mr. S to stand. I still had the mindset that Mr. S was min Ax1 with sit to stand so I parked him in the middle of the gym facing the door. Little did I know that was his bad day and he didn't stand for one bit. After 4-5 minutes of persuasion and attempts, Chris told me to stop blocking the way for everybody. I had to continue my persuasion after parking Mr. S to the side. He did not walk or stand that day. The only good thing that day was I was able to help two other students treat part of their caseload, so technically I treated 4 people that day. Week 4: Friday Today was good in a way. I was able to trick Mrs. S thinking I'm a different person every time she got upset at me. I'd like to think it was God at work. Anyways I spent about 20 minutes trying to get her into standing. She actually sat forward a few times, but I didn't have help to quickly get her up on her feet since it was hard to tell when she would lean forward. She also crossed her legs again today. Mr. S. did well today. He's been max assist from sit to stand for two days, but today we did a mod assist from sit to stand. Horray! We only took 2 steps and then he got tired. "Big step" didn't help this time. Today was also the first time I saw Mr. S's hematoma on his left parietal. It was quite cruesome. It was bright pink with some red and about a quarter inch above the scalp, two inches long and wide. I stayed in the afternoon even though I finished both my treatments in the morning. I stayed even after my CI left. After I got home I got an email from my DCE. She's coming to visit next Friday. Yikes!