Rehab Center Clinical Assessment a Success!

This morning Jason and I headed back to the Rehab Center. Man, we were there in January but it seems like a lifetime ago that he was in rehab. We run into our social worker Elly there and she was so happy to see us! Such good people there. We head upstairs and meet Lynn at the Driver Rehabilitation office. For the next two hours Jason undergoes a battery of tests. He starts by doing paper tests. Finding a bell (graphic) on a page of graphics, running his pencil from 1 - 2- 3 etc as fast as he can, then doing 1 -A - 2 - B etc (he actually did better on that second part and she had never seen that before), then he does some finding the difference stuff and then he answers questions about what he would do in certain traffic situations - he answered like he was a book. I was impressed. Then he moved on to the simulator where he did quite well of course. At one point Lynn asked why he was smiling and I said "because he is behind a wheel!".
When he was done she said he did well. A good score on her scale is 50% and he scored a 76%! So his road test is next Thursday with a driving instructor and Lynn will sit in the back and score him. He has to use their Chevy Impala (it has a dual brake) and he'll first drive in the residential area, then heavy traffic and then the highway. He is looking forward to it.
When we left he said at the doors of the rehab "I cannot wait to get to get behind the wheel!". He was so expressive and talkative after that. Of course then he went back to being his quiet self again (later) but it was so great to see him so happy. The other day we were talking over a coffee and he started to cry. Tears of happiness. He told me that I was beautiful and that he loved me so much. Of course me being so classy said "it's about time you finally admitted to appreciating me". That made him grin and then I told him it was wonderful to see tears of happiness, they are welcome at any time. Beauty comes forward even over coffee.

Helmets and Slumdog

Jacob had a skating class today in Russell at the arena with his class and I had volunteered to go help. Jason was still sleeping when I had left for the arena, he needed it. The adults helped the kids get ready and some of the kids including Jacob asked "where are your helmets?" because every child has to wear one. I replied "They do not think our brains are as important as yours" meanwhile thinking I should have a helmet. For privacy reasons I won't go into what happened at the rink but I am wearing a helmet from now on. I will have to buy one before the next skating day and especially before the tubing day. And Jason will not be doing either activity this year, he can watch.
Jason got up around 2 pm and he looked alot better and felt better than he did. He told me he thought he had had a fever during the night but it had broke on its own. Tonight he was OK so I was OK.
My neighbour Kim called tonight and asked if I wanted to go see "Slumdog Millionaire" with her. I had read the book Q & A by Vikas Swarup so of course I was excited to see the movie. Different from the book but I loved both. The kids acting were amazing.
Tomorrow we head to the rehab center for Jason's clinical driving assessment and will hopefully get a booking for a future road test. Wish him luck!
Every time I get anxious or worried I hear another story that puts everything into perspective. I got that again today. Don't we all need perspective?

Goodnight,

Jason's Recovery February 2009

Welcome to the new blog Your Life is For Rent. This is a true statement, not a pretty one but a true one. So you should live it. Live your life. This blog is more about Jason' recovery then about what happened last June. It is also about the silly goings on of life itself. We all have those stories. I hope this format works for everyone that has followed us through this past year and supported us every step of the way. I will be blogging again this evening to update you on Jason. Right now he is sleeping. He was up a bit off and on last night due to coughing so I am sure sleeping in will help.