LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

It was a good weekend for Ted. His bridge partner John Meinking spent about an hour dealing out bridge hands for them to attempt to bid as if they were at a bridge game. Although Ted could not speak the bids, he could write them down ( most of the time) and he did pretty good on making appropriate bids! For those of you who don't play bridge, some bridge players never think that their partners make appropriate bids! Ted is hoping to go watch a bridge game later this week. He is aware that he can't really play yet, but he is hoping to ease back into it.

Before Ted's "incident", Ted played alot of  electronic"Word with Friends" on his telephone with me, the kids, and others. Earlier this week, he wanted to try to play it, but he really couldn't. He had me playing for him and against him..... it was quite weird. BUT, yesterday, he was actually playing his own game (with no assistance) and he played a 36-point word and a 49-point word. Now, that I am getting beat by someone claiming to have brain damage, my competitive juices are revving up for a way to get back at him! He is very excited about being able to play, and would probably welcome games from any of you.

Ted is still not conversational, but he is making great progress. Sometimes the conversations going on around him are like a foregin language to him, but it is getting easier for him. He is putting words together and using bigger words. I am grateful for all of that progress, and grateful for all of your prayers and thoughts that keep this progress going!  Keep it up! Happy President's Day, Anne