1 week home
Well today marks the the one week home for us. I get asked a lot how things are going. Well, its been an adjustment. We are still working on a new normal. Tyler being home effects everyone.
Tyler has improved "healed" so much since we have been home. Yesterday was the test for that. We went to therapy yesterday and got proof of the healing that has happened. It is amazing to see how much the Lord has healed our son. He still has more healing needed but the grow - wow!!! At therapy he took a cognitive test. A normal healthy person they say scores from 26 - 30, Tyler scored a 25. The therapist said he was doing really well at such an early stage. She asked how his personality has changed- the Tyler we have now is a jokester! He is light hearted and talks a lot! I love this Tyler! He was pretty quiet before and kept to himself allot. Tyler would come up with a funny witty remark at times, now they are all the time!
At therapy he told Stacy (his Speech therapist) that the best thing since being home is seeing and being with family. He said how while at school he sees his family once a month or so and now he sees them all the time. He has loved joking with Carmen and hanging with Kyle. We have loved it too! I think Tyler has loved having Cosmo around as well.
Physical therapy said there was no need for Tyler to schedule with her, Tyler shared with the therapist the workout I had mapped out for him and she said it sounded good and we could continue at home. So workouts at home 4 to 5 days a week it is! We are focusing on balance and overall health. I am thankful that we don't have a need for Physical Therapy right now.
So Speech is 1hr, 3 times a week and no Physical. Today we find out about Occupational. This will be Tyler's main focus is his therapy. Although, he would like to work and find a new car. Although, he is not ready to be behind the wheel of a car.
I did not think about the emotional and mental adjustment I would go through. I often wonder about the adjustments Ashley is going through in her mental and emotional state. For me as good as it sounded to get home and jump back into the old normal, it has been hard for me. It's hard for me to truly explain this, I was not ready for life to try to pick up as normal. I really wanted time to process being home, how to go about life here, how to adjust to being home and watching over Tyler. I was not prepared for going for 5 weeks with 3 outfits to coming home and having a closet and drawers to pick from. This showed to be overwhelming for me. I liked the thought of not caring if I looked "cute" I dressed for the plain fact of being warm. I did not really have to think about what to wear, with 4 outfits and most times at least 1 was dirty. I did not have to worry about cleaning any more than our room, at home I have a house to clean. These are just a couple things being home my brain is processing through. Oh then there is the simple job of dishes. Filling and unfilling the dishwasher. Makes me even more thankful for the Hospitality House.
Life in a nut shell has been, being with Tyler 24/7 and preparing or cleaning up after meals. We have almost one appointment a day and then work in grocery shopping and Sam's runs! I have been working when Ashley is here on Mondays. Ashley comes when she is not at school and Chris is here every night to hang out with Tyler. Kyle is here when he can, his school schedule has been crazy this semester and fitting work in. Our schedule seems to be working, we have not got into a groove yet.
Please continue to pray for Tyler for healing, patience, and understanding. He is feeling better each day and wants to do more and more. Pray we will all heal emotionally, mentally. Pray for Chris and I that we do not loose contentment in life, for 5 weeks we were separated from the world and don't want to loose that separation from the world. I have learned to loved Amazon and Sam's online! Pray for Ashley as she beings a new Semester and works on completing her last. Pray for Ashley to find a job. Pray for time with my mom (Nana J), she gets here today! Pray our focus is on the Lord and know all good things come from Him!!
Pray we would lean not on our own understanding but would lean on Christ and all His ways!
Tyler has improved "healed" so much since we have been home. Yesterday was the test for that. We went to therapy yesterday and got proof of the healing that has happened. It is amazing to see how much the Lord has healed our son. He still has more healing needed but the grow - wow!!! At therapy he took a cognitive test. A normal healthy person they say scores from 26 - 30, Tyler scored a 25. The therapist said he was doing really well at such an early stage. She asked how his personality has changed- the Tyler we have now is a jokester! He is light hearted and talks a lot! I love this Tyler! He was pretty quiet before and kept to himself allot. Tyler would come up with a funny witty remark at times, now they are all the time!
At therapy he told Stacy (his Speech therapist) that the best thing since being home is seeing and being with family. He said how while at school he sees his family once a month or so and now he sees them all the time. He has loved joking with Carmen and hanging with Kyle. We have loved it too! I think Tyler has loved having Cosmo around as well.
Physical therapy said there was no need for Tyler to schedule with her, Tyler shared with the therapist the workout I had mapped out for him and she said it sounded good and we could continue at home. So workouts at home 4 to 5 days a week it is! We are focusing on balance and overall health. I am thankful that we don't have a need for Physical Therapy right now.
So Speech is 1hr, 3 times a week and no Physical. Today we find out about Occupational. This will be Tyler's main focus is his therapy. Although, he would like to work and find a new car. Although, he is not ready to be behind the wheel of a car.
I did not think about the emotional and mental adjustment I would go through. I often wonder about the adjustments Ashley is going through in her mental and emotional state. For me as good as it sounded to get home and jump back into the old normal, it has been hard for me. It's hard for me to truly explain this, I was not ready for life to try to pick up as normal. I really wanted time to process being home, how to go about life here, how to adjust to being home and watching over Tyler. I was not prepared for going for 5 weeks with 3 outfits to coming home and having a closet and drawers to pick from. This showed to be overwhelming for me. I liked the thought of not caring if I looked "cute" I dressed for the plain fact of being warm. I did not really have to think about what to wear, with 4 outfits and most times at least 1 was dirty. I did not have to worry about cleaning any more than our room, at home I have a house to clean. These are just a couple things being home my brain is processing through. Oh then there is the simple job of dishes. Filling and unfilling the dishwasher. Makes me even more thankful for the Hospitality House.
Life in a nut shell has been, being with Tyler 24/7 and preparing or cleaning up after meals. We have almost one appointment a day and then work in grocery shopping and Sam's runs! I have been working when Ashley is here on Mondays. Ashley comes when she is not at school and Chris is here every night to hang out with Tyler. Kyle is here when he can, his school schedule has been crazy this semester and fitting work in. Our schedule seems to be working, we have not got into a groove yet.
Please continue to pray for Tyler for healing, patience, and understanding. He is feeling better each day and wants to do more and more. Pray we will all heal emotionally, mentally. Pray for Chris and I that we do not loose contentment in life, for 5 weeks we were separated from the world and don't want to loose that separation from the world. I have learned to loved Amazon and Sam's online! Pray for Ashley as she beings a new Semester and works on completing her last. Pray for Ashley to find a job. Pray for time with my mom (Nana J), she gets here today! Pray our focus is on the Lord and know all good things come from Him!!
Pray we would lean not on our own understanding but would lean on Christ and all His ways!
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