The physical therapist has been working on Pa's sense of balance. He's learning to shift his weight when taking a step forward and back. When he starts to lose his balance, he doesn't automatically correct himself to keep from falling, so they're working on that. When I'm with him and he leans too far to the right, all I have to do is nudge him a bit to get him straight again. This morning when he started to lose his balance, he actually moved his leg to try to correct himself, so that's an improvement. It actually made it a little harder for me to assist him. But I didn't let him fall, so that's good.
Kit and I have been trained to assist Pa in and out of bed and onto his wheelchair and also to/from the toilet. We haven't dropped him yet.
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