Playing the Drums!

Yes Joey was playing the drums. He was lifting his arm and banging on the drum.

I noticed after our trip to China, his cognition improved greatly. Well I know that it has been only a couple weeks since Costa Rica, but his cognition has improved even more. He is not just understanding what we say and what is going on, but he is following directions now. I never thought he would have the ability to follow directions. I also didn't think that the neuro connection in his brain worked with his arms and hands very well.

Well today he showed me. Yes, he showed me. Before Costa Rica and China, if you grabbed his arm or hand he would pull away (reflexive reaction). He didn't like when people touched his arms. He also would not hold anything in his hand unless you shook his hands and stimulated his arms. Lately he has been more tolerable.

Today during PT, his therapist walked him up to the drum set in his gait trainer. She put a drum stick in his hand, and What did he do? He held it. We then asked him to lift his arm and hit the drum. After about 5 sec. he would start to grunt and look like we was concentrating really hard. Then he would lift his arm up and hit the drum. He did this about a dozen times before the session was over.

When we got home, he did the same with reaching and touching during his Behavioral session. He would start grunting and then would reach and touch.

WOW! I am so impressed with his progress. He is a smart boy and working hard. You Go Joe!