As Day Fifty-Nine ends, I learned some key information from the Speech & Language Pathologist in how to talk with Jenny as her brain is recovering. Jenny still says a lot of incorrect information, believing in her mind that Event X and Event Y happened even though it isn’t possible or they’re not related. Instead of correcting her, I should redirect and support her to arrive to the proper answer herself but if she cannot I should just openly say what the answer is after a few attempts. It is definitely a different approach than what is traditionally taught (to let someone solve it on their own until they arrive at the correct answer).

At Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Jenny played a special form of basketball. Starting with her left hand, she would try to throw the balls into a basket about 3 meters away. This is supposed to help control her left arm dexterity but also gauge her depth perception because she can still only use her one eye. With her left hand she did extremely well getting the majority of basketballs in the basket. We then tried using her right arm… but Jenny could not even throw the ball ½ meter away. She could only hold the ball and drop it due to her right arm’s condition. However, even being able to hold the ball is a monumental step and everyone was really proud of her.