Hi
Too busy with Farhaan, work and settling into the new place. Farhaan has so far made remarkable recovery. Head control is perfect, swallowing action is almost perfect. He started using his right hand to write stuff (color, drawings, and small sentences). Although his dominant side is the right, he tends to use his left for all attempts at activities.
As for speech, he tries to talk. He can call Ma, say "No", Say "Yes" and a few other words. I encourage him to try to use his speech to communicate instead of hand signs. Putting Farhaan in the pool does wonders for rehabilitation. I got him a life-jacket and one will never say that Farhaan has a disability when he is in the water (floating around on his back, pedaling with his legs). This pool has strengthened his mid section and hence improved his attempt to walk. Still walks on his toes with support from the back (he got the nick name 'twinkle toes' from the therapists at rehab).
The neurologist are quite impressed with his recovery up to this point - seeing that he has just completed 5 months after his stroke. From not being able to breathe on his own or eat, to almost completely walking or talking on is own.
Any advice from you guys will be really appreciated. I do understand that stroke recovery is a life long episode but does Farhaan