I forgot to post from my visit on Sunday the 8th, which was after Suzie hurt her shoulder, but before the sling or the change of beds. She was in a good deal of pain because of her shoulder, but that didn't stop her from wanting to do a number of activities. Both her mom and dad were there when I arrived and, as always, they seemed happy to see a Suzie visitor. They both vacated the room and Suzie and I agreed to turn the tv off and we got to work. I'm always amazed at how quickly the time flies once we get working. We played several games of "concentration" with the paired cards and she was relentless. With each card we would talk about the image - if it was a train we'd talk about the sound a train made, about train tracks, about subways, etc. My hope is always to find things that hook the words and the concepts together in her head, and I feel like the more details - sights, sounds, pictures - she gets the better the chance of that connection happening for her.
We also did a little painting and tried to listen to music while we worked but found it too distracting (me probably more than she).
Thanks for all the recent updates about her shoulder and her move. I love the idea of taking a laptop out there. Will, is there internet access or were all of these pictures on your harddrive?
kevin