Clinic day!
We had "clinic day," a couple weeks ago. This is like four or five appointments all bunched together in one day. We saw a physical therapist, occupational therapist, respiratory therapist, speech therapist, and of course Dr. Neel. The main things that came out of the visit were a plan to move ahead with a device to help Kevin communicate, and an adjustment to medications that have alleviated some of his pseudobulbar affect (discussed in the last post) and...TA-DAH...sleep better! Which led to this conversation at the pharmacy later that same day: Pharmacist: Has he ever had this medication before? Me: No Pharmacist: It might make him drowsy. Me: That would be so awesome. Pharmacist: And it starts working in 15 minutes. Me: I could totally kiss you. Actually, I didn't say that last part. I was in the Walmart drive-thru and it would have been unfeasible, anyway. But I think the clouds did part for a moment and maybe a rainbow appeared. In other news, we...