Jim

Wednesday November 9, 2011

Today has been an insightful day.  Jim is doing well in all his therapies.  He is very excited to go home but is becoming a little worried too.  Today in occupational therapy they had him practice typing and it was incredibly frustrating for him.  He could not get his left hand to cooperate.  He used to type at around 75-80 wpm and could not even get one wpm.  I could see how hard he was concentrating and could see the frustration building.  He also did a peg game, where he had to put pegs in a hole while he was on his hands and knees.  He was so focused and trying so hard but using his left hand was so frustrating.  As I watched it reminded me of when my kids were small and would try to put Lego's together and how frustrated they would get. It was amazing to think about all the things we learn as children and all the things we take for granted as adults.  Jim is having to start all over to train his hand to work correctly again.  He is doing well but is realizing that it is going to take some time to get back to normal.  We look around at the others in therapy and feel so grateful for the extent of his injuries.  We both know we have been so blessed and that things could be so much worse.  My mom and sister came in to visit today and took me out on the town. We went to IKEA and wandered around for a couple of hours.  It was fun to get out with my mom and sister but felt so strange to not be with Jim.  It will be so nice to be home and be with our kids again.  We have both missed them so much.