Journal entry by Paige Johnson —
Paul’s team has their weekly team meeting today. Here’s the report…
OT- They are working on dressing and Paul is a hard worker and showing progress.
PT- They are working on getting from bed to a chair. He can do it but is assisted 75%. He has taken 10-20 steps on the parallel bars. The right side is very weak and his right ankle turns in when he walks.
ST- Paul had the video test of his swallowing and he has mild to moderate weakness. But, he’s well enough for a soft food diet. It’s not purée, but food cut up into small pieces. He will get 90% of his calories from food now so he is off the tube feedings.
My mom was in the room today for a speech therapy session. Paul did well IDing an object, but struggled to describe it. So he could name a picture of a fork but struggled to describe the fork without using the word fork. He did well with identifying opposites.
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