Sunday March 6, 2011

Sunday March 6, 2011. Joan phoned around 8:10 this morning and she said “no good” which I took to mean she didn’t think we should go out today since it was still snowing. I told her that was okay and that I would come in today with our Tim Horton’s snack and we could stay in her room.


I stopped at the Tim Horton’s on Hazeldean and got the teas and bagel and got to Joan's about 11:30. We stayed in Joan’s room and had our snack. We did our usual routine of counting, letters and "days of the week". Ever since Joan came from Sarnia to Ottawa and we've had the occasion to be part of her recovery I've tried to help increase her vocabulary by getting Joan to count, recite the alphabet and say the days of the week.


Each time we go out Joan does this while we're driving to the Tim Horton's. In the beginning she counted from 1 to 10, then slowly increased it to 1 to 20 and lately she tries 1 to 25, but each time she attempts 1 to 25 she omits "23" and even if she tries it 3 or 4 times , the same result. However last week while counting she did say 23 and was so pleased with herself. So when Joan was counting this week I was worried that that last week may have been a fluke. But while counting this week Joan said “23” and like last week she stopped when she said it and was so pleased with herself, as was I.

We went down to garage and we had two smokes and then took Joan back to her room and put her to bed.