PJ came up yesterday to visit and while at my parent’s house, he recorded Dad lifting his right arm, something he has been actively working on with his physical therapist. I have not been able to sit in on PT or OT with Dad so I have not been able to see what he’s been doing there. The following video will show you the progress that continues to be made, almost nine months into the recovery of this stroke. I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty impressive, especially when I think of how he was at the beginning of this year when everything happened. Dad, though, still doesn’t see it. But the rest of us who have been here through it all do. I said to him last night, “Do you remember how excited we all were when you could lift your leg up off the bed? You were still wheelchair bound, not even walking at that point and we were so excited. A year from now when you have improved even more I will say to you, remember how excited we were when you could lift your arm up to your chest from a standing position?”
As our powerful minds can produce feelings of depression, paranoia, fear and a host of other emotions that in turn can manifest into physical ailments we suffer from, so too the opposite holds true. With positivism and hard work, our minds, damaged seemingly beyond belief, have the power to mend and find new ways to connect with the rest of our bodies to relearn what was once learned, to reconnect what has been severed. It’s a beautiful thing that continues to astound me. Check out the link above, hope you enjoy!
