It's all about motivation..

Jackson's therapist's are quickly learning that if they want him to perform a task..he has got to be motivated to do so! You say, Jax go get the bear, he looks at you like "you talking to me?" You say, Jax get the blue ball to throw at dad..you see him MOVE. Jax lets go talk to the nurses, he bolts out the door. :) He is really giving his speech therapist a run for her money by playing his silly talking games, if she asks him to say a word (especially one he knew prior to surgery) he will say it to her in a whisper or a high pitched voice. Maybe the better he gets to know her the more open he will become. All 3 therapist's treated him together for his afternoon session (ot, pt, st) and that seemed to work well. He's much more talkative when he is in the midst of playing.

Everytime we go by the nurses station he has to stop and say hello. They all get a kick out of him.

Dad quizzed him about some of his letters/sounds this evening and he did the same thing but in an answering growling voice. :) Silly boy..I guess he figures if he is going to do anything speech oriented it will be with an avoidance tactic.

We attempted a wheel around the hospital but Jax decided he didn't want to be the rider, he wanted to be the driver..

The Rehab team had a conference today and estimated Jackson's stay for another 2 weeks. This could change on way or the other depending on rehab progress (currently going great) and neuro side of things. We will talk to neuro tomorrow and see what their time frame is. Jax still has swelling on left side and we haven't done ct. I'm assuming if the swelling subsides some we won't have to do one.

Good night Team Jax,
Tina