Sunday afternoon
Kevin has been visited by several therapists -- physical, occupational, and speech.
OT evaluates the jumpy vision problems that he is having. He is having trouble with vision convergence. The jumpy stuff is due to problems with his inner ear. (His skull fracture runs along that path.) The OT would like for us to get Kevin's glasses repaired. Need to be full frames to give his eyes a good frame of reference.
The speech therapist analyzes his cognitive state. Her name is Janelle. She gave him a screening test. He scored about 50% -- half pass, half failed. Stuff like recalling number sequences, paragraph comprehension, series of words, naming as many animals as you can in a fixed time, other things. All of this can be overcame with therapy which will continue after he leaves the hospital. We are told that the Mapleton center hospital is great with this sort of therapy. Janelle says that Kevin is really in a good disposition to receive therapy.
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Hello!
This is Tracey Kennedy, Scott's sister. I am so, so sorry to hear about Kevin. I was very upset when I found out and I'm so glad to hear that he is on the road to recovery. I just wanted to give you my input on Mapleton, having been a patient there a couple years back. It was a great place to recover. They really know what they're doing and everyone is extremely nice and understanding. I did both PT and OT with them and they really helped me get back to my regular self quickly. Again, I'm so glad to hear he's recovering and please let me know if there is anything at all that I can do for Kevin or for you guys! Take care.
-Tracey
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