Paul's Update - 03/31/06

Hi all, this e-mail coming to you courtesy of Bobby, as mom is out of town ... again ... o here we go.

Most of the details in this report have been taken through third party information (through Dad, I couldn't make it up there today)

Sound like we had a real good day today. Paul kept his head up ALL DAY today. He typically slouches or hangs his head especiallly when concentrating on some physical task (or on just about anything that takes his focus away from holding his head up).

He seems to still be having trouble with his vision on the right side. He's able to track things from left to right, but not from right to left. ("track things" refers to an object being passed through his field of vision. "Tracking" can be done either by just the eyes, and/or by turning the head to follow the object as it passes through the visual field.). When presented with two objects (his hat, and a cup) he was able to look at the object requested, but only when the object was held up higher than the non requested item (i.e. he could look at his hat, but only when it was held up higher than the cup).

OT (occupational Therapy) worked with him on moving into a sitting position. From a sitting position they would lay him onto his side and have him lift himself back into a sitting position. This is a little more complicated than it sounds (try it). He apparently did pretty good with it, even using his right arm (the weaker arm) to push himself up at one point.

PT (Physical Therapy) worked on trying to relax the upper arm and shoulder muscles. He was able to raise his shoulders (in kind of a shrugging motion) up to nearly ear level (which is about normal, I know, your're trying it, I'll wait ...)

It looks like things are set for him to come home on the 6th (that's this Thursday). I personally wanted to thank everyone that's helped out on helping get the house ready for him. I don't want to forget anyone (and I would), so I'll just say you know who you are. We are almost finished, just a few more details (paint this, move that, clean up, install bathroom fixtures, etc.) and we'll be all set. I'm not sure who all will be here this weekend, but anyone wanting to help should e-mail Tabby at tabitha.johnson@comcast.net

The pending court case for "Failure to Yeild" is this Wednesday. I believe this will probably only be where she enters a guilty/not guilty plea as to my knowledge, no witnesses have been contacted. We will keep everybody posted.

Well, that about sums up the day. I'm not sure how long mom is out of town as I only just found out prior to this e-mail that she was gone (I really should stay in touch more)

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.

-----Bobby