Jo got up at 08:30 today and came home for the day. During the transfer into the car her left leg tried to lift itself into the car. Either it didn't have the strength to complete the movement or maybe it was because Jo wasn't aware of it, that her conscious mind did not finish what the subconscious had started.
Certainly the neglect is still there, although it appears to be abating albeit slowly. We went for a drive along the seafront and I noticed that Jo was only looking to the right and so began pointing out items of interest on our left. Each time I did this Jo did not fail to look to the left, although she could be frustratingly slow to do so. This stands in marked contrast to Jo's time in the hospital, where all attempts to draw her attention to items on her left came to naught.
Jo appears to be increasingly aware of this, which cannot be a bad thing as being aware of the phenomenon is a necessary step towards addressing it. Later on at home Jo called out to me as she could not find the remote control for the TV. When I pointed to it on the left arm of her chair she commented on the fact of her neglect of anything on the left. I replied that she must make an effort to counteract this by paying extra attention to her left, observing that this is what I had been doing on the seafront. Jo said she had been aware I was doing this at the time.
We returned to CICC late in the evening and put Jo to bed at 21:30.
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