I just wanted to post this picture of Bill doing therapy on his day off! To be fair though I made a deal that if he did some therapy, I would cook him dinner and bring it in for him. Here he is using a mobile arm support. This device allows him to move his arm without the normal resistance from gravity (the red and blue rubber bands are the mechanism here). While his arm is in the mobile arm support he can move it both towards and away from his body in a horizontal plane as well us up and down in a vertical plane. At this point, he can't do that much on his own. As he gains more strength the rubber bands will be removed and he will have to work harder, which will in turn lead to gaining more strength. Pretty cool.
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Billy, Keep up the good work - You can do it!! I have faith in you and so do a lot of other people. Never give up!!
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Debbie
It was so great to hear Bill on the phone and to hear that he went to the cafeteria himself! And I'm glad they allow therapy dogs. Dogs make everything more fun.
ReplyDeleteSarah, this may be of help regarding Bill's desire to drive a Ranger:
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Les Halfhill
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteNot knowing what Bill's level of ability will be, here are a couple of more links that might help:
http://themobilityresource.com/faqs.aspx#dsc
http://themobilityresource.com/mobility-prod-adc.aspx
Les Halfhill
leshalfhill@yahoo.com