Day 114 - Friday April 6, 2012

Today Bridgett had a really good day.  She was laughing and joking with us.  She is still having frequency but it is calmed down...yeah! We had an appointment with Dr. Roberts, whom Bridgett has seen in the past (before the accident) for energy work.  She seemed to recognize him somewhat and she immediately fell into the routine of testing and treatment.  He was able to relieve some of her pain immediately..yeah!  We had a very nice visit with him.  Bridgett was so funny and kept us laughing and smiling.  He said to her...Bridgett you still make me laugh.  He said afterwards...she didn't lose any of that great personality! That's how I feel.  Some days she doesn't feel well, but she is still our Bridgett.  Afterwards she seemed so much more like herself, I guess without so many pain  distractions. Dr. Roberts said he thinks that she is doing great, and we love hearing that from anyone. This is funny--for some reason when Bridgett eats (pre accident) she always leaves one bite on her plate.  So lately she is doing that same thing.  She will leave one bite and then a few minutes later say she is hungry and wants something else.  It's never been about that she's too full I don't think.  It's just a habit to stop before she's full.  Anyway, more and more we see her doing things like that...things that she has always done.  It's very reassuring to us.  More and more her language usage is improving.  There is an app on the ipad that I really love called naming.  One of the tasks shows a picture, asks for the name, what does it look like, where do you find it, how big is it, etc.  That's a great thing for her to work on.  We have learned that all of the information is still in her brain, it just has to be re-categorized and re-filed. This was funny...Thursday at speech therapy LeAnn was giving her lists of 3-4 words and asking what they were.  Bridgett always finds new and unique ways to look at things, which I have commented on before.  Anyway, she asked what a bracelet, watch and cuff link have in common, of course wanting to hear that they are all jewelry.  Bridgett said they are all things you wear on the wrist.  And of course, that is correct!  I love it when she comes up with things unexpected that are also correct!