Physical Therapy

How does it feel Soy??? ( For those of you wondering Soy is Darleen's Chinese name. Yes, she has a Chinese name. She will always say it's like Soy- sauce. It's advised to go back to childhood language so- broken English, haha I'm kidding) Close your eyes for a long time if you like this....That's what you'll hear us saying on Thursdays and Sundays. And when she closes her eyes for a long time YYAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!! Her room is never quiet anymore.
We have been learning new techniques for therapy since Darleen can handle more aggresive brain stimulating therapy.
I missed on a week of therapy when I was in Denver for grandma's funeral. But dad, Joey, Helen(the best donut seller ever!) and our therapist whom we love, and her boyfriend (we borrowed him for a day)were holding down the fort.
Darleen can hold her head up on her own now. And she gets to sit up and stand up. We help her get on this machine and it stands her up slowly. It's really neat to see the rehabilitation process. It's almost like your so anxious all the time and now that we can lift her, hold her up, carry her, it doesn't matter that she needs assistance with anything. Darleen is utilizing everything she has, including us, our arms and legs. I get her head, Joey her back, dad her waist, mom her legs, David will record her vitals. Our coach along this rehabilitation journey is our physical theraphist. It takes all of us. One day at a time. We always take things for granted when we don't have to try so hard, like scratch your nose, chew, stand, even lick your lips when they are dry( No worries I got her this new Nivea Shea Butter Chapstick, got myself one too, it works wonders.) My sister is learnig how to do everything again and I mean everything. But no stress just keep trying, we have time. Inner voice to her- I'll take you and Malina to dinner and we will make sure you don't miss out on any gossip, news, lectures, books, grandma, even the Kardashians haha. I'll take you shopping, too. Just focus on holding yourself up.
Therapy is now more than two days. We are working towards getting the routine correct so we can record it and have our own little workout video. Great idea Jay!=) Soon Darleen will have her own line of rehabilitaion videos and we can heal the woorrlldddd!! OK back to reality gotta go to therapy. - Mia