Recently I was referred to an Occupational Therapist by my vision doctor. My vision doctor prescribed prism glasses that are designed to help me overcome my left side - peripheral vision deficit. She thought I could use some additional training with an OT so she asked her OT to contact me.
I had my first appointment with the OT, Danny, this week. Coincidentally, Danny was my OT at TIRR in 2007. When I left the hospital in Houston, I first stayed with Tom and Laura and Danny came over one night to help Bob get me to stand. At that time I was 95% needing support and wheelchair bound. The doctor warned Bob how difficult it would be to take care of me once I left the hospital but we had no idea. We solicited help from Danny. We wanted to work with her more, possibly fulltime and even get her to consider an Austin move but she had just taken a job at Methodist.
So imagine my surprise when she contacted me for this appointment – back in my life in such a positive way. Danny is wonderful evidence of the top treatment available in Houston and facilitating my ongoing effort to improve.
My first session with her was 2 hours we spent a lot of time discussing my goals and how I was doing since 2007. A lot of her questions were about my mental state. Basically she was assessing my treatment needs going forward. She’s trying to get to the reason my walking is where it is today. An early theory is my “mid -line” or in other words, “my center” is off so my walking is skewed. I was so encouraged by her thorough exam and so looking forward to y treatment. My first session is next week. Stay tuned.
