After a very intense day of therapy with all three disciplines yesterday, we returned to Allina Abbott Northwestern today for a CT scan.

Today was our first day of outpatient Occupational Therapy and the time went wonderfully.

We have had a good couple of days with some wonderful visits with friends, more walks outside and the daily routine of our therapy homework.

Over the last two days, Joy did the most thorough speech therapy assessments for speaking, listening, and recognition she has done to date.

Yesterday, things seemed to come crashing down on Joy. I would say she wept the hardest I have seen her weep since the accident.

Joy continues to charm the staff with her graciousness. We are now close enough to leaving that some staff are saying their goodbyes.

Today was a busy therapy day for Joy in PT, OT, and Speech. It’s clear everyone has their eyes on Joy’s discharge Thursday.

This evening I am pleased to announce that I believe our home is already to receive Joy and we are both looking forward to Thursday.

I got to spend much of the day with Mom today while Dad worked with a friend on getting the house ready.

Joy's OT and PT sessions spent significant time working on activities modeling work around the house and outside the home like shopping.

While the OT sight specialist cannot formally diagnose, we learned two very hard realities from their thorough assessment.