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Communication Progress
Sep. 4th, 2006 07:49 pmI had a good visit with Jeff today. He was pretty mellow. Was actually sleeping when I got there but woke up. I had my laptop with me so I could show him photos of the weekend. He pointed at many people he recognized. I could tell he was amused at some of the pole dancing.
I opened notpad on the laptop and put it in his lap and asked him to type his name. He started to play with the touch pad instead, but I got him to type. He typed jegg then instantly moved towards the backspace key and corrected it and typed jeff. He was trying to tell me something, but I could not understand, so I told him to type something. He typed "push" then pointed with his thumb, up, which meant he wanted to be moved up in his bed some. So the nurses moved him and he said he was more comfortable.
One of the nurses got out the book Phil made and opened it to the "place" page and asked him to point to where he was. He pointed to St. Mary's which was wrong, then looked at me. I told him.. Nope, not there. He then just tried the next one.. Kaiser, which I knew he was no just guessing.
She opened it to the "Date" page and asked what year it was. He chose 2006, but then chose August. not bad, considering he really does not know what day it is. I told him it was labor day and asked if he knows what month Labor Day is in, and he could not recall. Which is okay. I opened it to the "Who" Page and said.. Who is here with you right now, and he pointed at the furthest box which had my name in it.
I gave him a light scalp massage, and he really liked that a lot. It about put him to sleep. I know I like them. I did this a couple of times.
Tomorrow I am going to bring a regular keyboard with me to try to get him to use it to communicate with me when I am there. Maybe if he is willing, we can take his laptop there so he can communicate with the staff. I am concerned about the security of the laptop of course, so we would need to talk to the staff about it. I could bring a cable lock, and attach it to something. We will see. It is nice he is willing to try new things to help him communicate. Makes me really happy.
Till tomorrow....
I opened notpad on the laptop and put it in his lap and asked him to type his name. He started to play with the touch pad instead, but I got him to type. He typed jegg then instantly moved towards the backspace key and corrected it and typed jeff. He was trying to tell me something, but I could not understand, so I told him to type something. He typed "push" then pointed with his thumb, up, which meant he wanted to be moved up in his bed some. So the nurses moved him and he said he was more comfortable.
One of the nurses got out the book Phil made and opened it to the "place" page and asked him to point to where he was. He pointed to St. Mary's which was wrong, then looked at me. I told him.. Nope, not there. He then just tried the next one.. Kaiser, which I knew he was no just guessing.
She opened it to the "Date" page and asked what year it was. He chose 2006, but then chose August. not bad, considering he really does not know what day it is. I told him it was labor day and asked if he knows what month Labor Day is in, and he could not recall. Which is okay. I opened it to the "Who" Page and said.. Who is here with you right now, and he pointed at the furthest box which had my name in it.
I gave him a light scalp massage, and he really liked that a lot. It about put him to sleep. I know I like them. I did this a couple of times.
Tomorrow I am going to bring a regular keyboard with me to try to get him to use it to communicate with me when I am there. Maybe if he is willing, we can take his laptop there so he can communicate with the staff. I am concerned about the security of the laptop of course, so we would need to talk to the staff about it. I could bring a cable lock, and attach it to something. We will see. It is nice he is willing to try new things to help him communicate. Makes me really happy.
Till tomorrow....
