Bob picking up speed!
Yesterday, Bob tells me "he's back!" - he feels like himself again, and feels like he could do anything, if not for the stroke parts that can't work! Today I was working in the bedroom and heard a strange clanking noise. Having a suspicion it had something to do with Bob, I rushed out. Sure enough, he had lifted the walker from behind his wheel chair's front wheels and was walking toward the bedroom to see what I was doing! He has not used a walker before, because of his only having one working hand. When he got his chair lift that goes in his wheelchair seat, I began standing the heavy walker in front of his wheelchair, so he could stand at will, and do a little exercise. This particular walker is sooooo heavy, it won't tip like normal ones that only have one hand on one side. I told him he needs to hook his other hand around the other side. Several times today, he has took off on his own, with me scolding him that he needs to let me spot him at first, since this is his first day, to make sure there are no problems he can get into. Just caught him sneak out of the tv room, toward 'his' room again! I asked him where he thought he was going, and he said he wanted to check to make sure the space heater was off in there (aphasia talk). I asked him how he thought he was going to turn it off when he got in there, and he couldn't see a problem. I had to explain that he would have to sit down first, them probably fall out of the chair reaching that low. Not sure he still believes me. He is definitely feeling and acting more like himself, but he's not quite able to grasp the difficulties he could get into, which is what worries me. Earlier I caught him coming out of his room without ringing me first and ask him what he thought he was doing, and he beat on his chest with one fist and made the Tarzan man sound!
I can't believe how he has blossomed in the last few weeks!
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