Wed. September 14, 2005
Mom went to the doctor today and didn’t use the wheelchair – a lot of progress there. She has done a lot better in raising her arms. She still has another followup visit, though, for mid October.
She also made dinner tonight, with Alesia’s help. The doctor’s assistant gave her some exercises to do every day to increase range of motion. I am praying they will help and she will continue to improve.
I posted the following on my Yahoo board:
I am in a better frame of mind tonight about Alesia.
Mother helped Alesia with her Georgia studies homework, and she did her math homework on her own. She completely forgot to even bring home her Science! I told her she better figure that one out, fast, and ask for extra time on it.
I came up with a great idea. She has been keeping a little notebook of unfamiliar English words and the Russian equivalent. Tonight I made flashcards for her - English word on one side, Russian on the other. I make her tell me the Russian word, then an English synonym, then use it in a sentence. We are going to practice this every day. She liked the "game," which was great.
I also told her if she learned all the English words in the new chapter and finished her science project by Sunday afternoon we would go to the movie. I hope she does that and I can reward her.
I am also using movies to get her attention focused on history. We watched "1776" a few weeks ago and discussed how America was founded. We are watching now "The Last Emperor" and discussing the differences between communism and a republic. She is a visual learned, and I am coming to understand that better.
