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Just a Seth/Luke Update…
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ATWOOD AT LARGE
Where Seth and Luke get an A and We Tell You About Ryan's Day
January 11
Photo Update and More!
So we know that we missed yesterday, but we made up for it with pictures, courtesy, of course, of Kirsten Cohen. Click the link below to see a pictures of Kirsten, Ryan, his roommate, and his roommate's family in the garden at the hospital. We actually think that might be a real gnome in the background of the second picture…you decide: real or statue? Let us know.
Ryan has accomplished a lot in the past two days. The biggest news is that Ryan will be coming back to the good ole U.S. of A. in five days! They knew his little stint at St. Francis would be short, but he's already so close to his goals and they know that being at home will make his improvement come even faster. Yay for our immigrant!
In other news, he is slated to use the walker tomorrow! We never thought we'd be so happy to say that to anyone under, well, 80 years old, but this just proves our point of his progress! He will keep the walker for a little while, though. His balance is still wavering a bit but the more he practices, the more his body adjusts. He's also getting stronger in his core. They had him doing crunches. We tried to get a picture of that, but even in his impaired state, Ryan knew that would mean total blackmail.
He is now copying sentences down on paper. His writing is getting better, actually, anything is an improvement on his chicken scratch. He still wears a brace on his right hand to try and stretch out the muscles. It's painful for him when the therapists themselves move his hand around, but they can tell how much the brace has helped already. His right fingers will never be as straight or as strong as his left, as per the injury, but he's getting there!
In speech therapy the past few days they had him talking more and more. They asked him about Harbor Academy, but Kirsten won't tell us his reply. We can only guess…
Ryan is now becoming more aware and annoyed of the decreased eyesight in his left eye. When he hit his head, the bones around his eye socket were damaged which damaged an optic nerve. He has around 20 degrees of vision in that eye now. They are going to give him glasses when he gets back home. It must be weird…seeing everything fine with one eye but partially with the left. The more encouragement we give him the better. One therapist told him that phrase, 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.' Ha. King Atwood. That can be taken in many ways. But as far as we're concerned, Ryan, you're one up on Stevie Wonder.
So we await you, King Atwood and your return to Pacific Standard Time. Sandy Cohen (Seth's dad and Ryan's foster father) and Kirsten (Sandy's wife in case you didn't make the connection…) have announced that Ryan will go to Weldon Rehab in Carson, California when he returns from his detour abroad. We might get to see our main character for a day or two before he goes to Weldon, but that depends on when Ryan can start there.
But never fear, just because the King will be in America doesn't mean we'll stop blogging. For one good reason, this is still a homework assignment! With something this good, we're not stopping after a few entries!
Keep on getting better, Ryan and we'll see you soon!!
Until next time, this is Cohen and Ward, signing out.
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