Jo had another physiotherapy session today and it definitely demonstrated the beneficial effects of having multiple sessions close together. Sadly there won’t be another session until next Monday.
This time she began her walk in the kitchen, walking down the hallway, turning left and continuing to the front door. At this stage she was tired and sat down. After a few moment’s rest the physiotherapists turned her around in the chair, whereupon Jo stood up and walked back down the hall and turned left into the front room and continued to her chair in the front room.
Once again there was no physical support beyond the zimmer frame and Jo was stepping and placing her left foot with increasing confidence. Navigating corners was much easier than Friday, with no complaints or anxiety from Jo.
The next phase will be to get approval for Jo’s carers to make transfers from bed to chair, assisting her in walking with the zimmer frame. This is an important next step and cannot happen soon enough in my opinion as today’s performance has demonstrated that Jo needs such exercise with increasing frequency.
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