>From her mother: Things can get funny when you have brain impaired people around. Mallory actually laughed for real today but told us we had to stop laughing because her stomach peg was hurting. Apparently, the guy who was sitting in his wheel chair next to Mal's tray, at the table where they put the dinner trays, reached over and took Mal's cookie off her tray. Caleb's girlfriend saw it happened but didn't realize at the time what he was doing. When Mal goes to eat, she noticed she didn't have a cookie, mentioned it and we figured out what happened. We started laughing about it. Then we realized he had also taken her fork. We were all laughing so hard, she had to tell us to stop because her poor stomach couldn't take it.
For their brain exercise, they had four of them playing Scrabble on a big board. They also had four adults helping them. It is interesting how slow this game can go when the thinking isn't right. Sometimes you just have to be amused. We also had to joke with Rex that he had to be with us to get off the floor because they would think he is one of the patients hobbling along on his crutches. The unit is locked down. You can't get out without an employee swiping a card for the elevator. They want no escapes. And of course, Mal tried to escape yesterday. She said she was bored. Steve and I had left to handle business and she does have a sitter but when they are in the common area the sitters do other things. Mal tells us that she tried to play it off that she was just reading the posters. Sure sounds like those stories she told me when she was 15. Didn't believe them then and I am sure they didn't believe her yesterday. It's great to be at a point where you can laugh. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
