Blog 16
4/24/15
This
Friday I worked with Jessica. Usually, Makenzie works with us as well.
However, she thought she might have strep throat so I told her to stay at
home. I did not want to get Jess sick so I thought this was best. Jess
was a little late today. When I spoke to Stacia she said that she actually ran
into snow. When Jess first arrived we transferred her into the blue chair. I am
starting to feel really comfortable transferring Jess now. I asked Stacia how
she did this for her van. She explained she had a setup in her vehicle that
makes this easy to do alone. She also explained that luckily Jess doesn't weigh
a lot so it makes this transfer fairly easy. I think it is good to know
this kind of information. Knowing this gives me a different perspective. I took a wheelchair out for myself again for
Jess to follow me. We headed upstairs to
move around. I put music on again and
Jess seemed indifferent about it. I
asked Stacia if Jess liked a certain kind of music. She said that she likes music but she has
hearing issues so it would have to be on a loud volume. This was good to know so I turned the music
up a little bit louder. When we got
upstairs Jess did not seem to want to move on her own. I would try to pull her a little bit to see if I got her started
if she would take over. She still did not
want to move a whole lot. After a while
I put my wheelchair away and tried to pull her around a little more. She would have a few good pushes with one
foot on the floor. This was not as consistent
as last time. I wondered if it was
because I was alone and not as many people were motivating her. Or, she could have just been having a relaxed
day. It could have been a number of
things but I could not figure it out.
When Stacia asked how she did I was honest with her and said nicely that
she did not want to move too much today.
Stacia explained that this happens often and it has nothing to do with
me. It was good to hear this. Hopefully next Friday she will be motivated
and get a lot of exercise in!
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