Monday, August 18

Today, both Tim and Barb, Tommy's physical and occupational therapists, worked with Tommy in the morning, because--as Tim later told me--they've noticed that Tommy is quite attentive in the mornings, but that as the afternoon wears on he fades. Definitely true. It has worked out well for Tommy to have several morning therapy sessions for another reason--it means that the nursing staff has to get Tommy up and dressed before breakfast. He still has those decadent "breakfast in bed" mornings (usually because the nursing staff is stretched thin, which happens a lot), but the therapists are seeing to it that they are few and far between--a good thing. Even Tommy's speech therapist, Holly, said during an afternoon session with him today that she is going to try to see him in the morning tomorrow, between his other therapy sessions, because, in her words, "I saw him in physical therapy this morning, and I couldn't believe how well he was doing."