This week… bedroom antics

On Tuesday I was away on business while my parents stayed over. During the night a storm cut the power at home so I knew Amanda would wake up to her digital clock flashing some random time from several hours ago. When I got home I checked the clock. It was correct. To the minute. […]

I can’t remember what I don’t remember

A few weeks ago we were offered a couple of sessions with a neuropsychologist who would be able to properly identify which cognitive functions have been affected by Amanda’s stroke. After completing an initial visit followed by a written questionnaire (which had a version for me and a version for Amanda), the second visit was […]

‘To Boldly Go’… and then forget why

Most evenings, about 90 minutes after our meal, Amanda gets peckish for something sweet. I usually offer her fruit and yogurt; sweet but usually healthy. In the past few weeks I’ve been making cakes so she can have something home – made with her morning and afternoon tea. So on Monday, she knew there was […]

Leaps and bounds and bows.

I managed to capture a couple of milestones on video this week. More later! First, another example of the ’emotional blunting’ I mentioned in my last post. Amanda was watching an episode of ‘Offspring’ –  familiar to Kiwi and Australian viewers. A mother was giving birth to a stillborn baby. All the actors were in […]

” It’s been a good week.”

This week has been a busy mix of mental and physical improvements. Monday We now have a regular weekly visit from the language therapist who sits with Amanda for an hour each Monday morning and helps with the (for me) mystifying and frustrating effects of aphasia. Slowly but surely she is re-learning to write, spell […]