friday evening

today's schedule was back to normal. gen got in the cardiac chair around 10am. she had speech therapy while in the chair. she worked with the speaking valve and with mouthing words. she is getting better at mouthing, especially with hard vowels. she went back to bed at 12pm. physical therapy came about 3pm. they held her in a standing position again. her neck muscles are doing better. she found center with her head all on her own. the pt had her practice sitting again, and she did well with that. they only tried one new thing. the pt leaned her forward in a sitting position and had her pull herself up and back so she would fall backwards into the occupational therapist's arms. she did this five times.

-joshua and susan