Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. That day Mattie was in the pediatric physical therapy clinic at the hospital having a session. I was taking the picture and with me was Mattie's physical therapist, school counselor, and child life specialist. Mattie built this pyramid of blocks and was asked to use his legs and feet to knock it down. Therapy sessions couldn't be boring or routine, because Mattie would have become disinterested and not participated. Also Mattie was always in great pain, so the more enticing the activity, the more likely he would comply. The crowd of us watching on were the cheering squad!
Quote of the day: Today's data on the Coronavirus from the CDC
- Total cases: 7,038
- Total deaths: 97
- Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)
Though we are technically NOT on lock down, we might as well be! Everything around us is shut down and the feeling all around us is tense! You can feel the stress whenever you go into the grocery store or pass people by on the street. Like with cancer, the problem with this virus, is very little is known about it. Such as its trajectory, how to stop its spread, how to treat it, and how long it will remain active within our Nation. I have heard all sorts of predictions and when you hear that schools are thinking of closing for the remaining academic year, you realize we are in this for the long haul. Yet how long can we all live like this? I ponder on the mental health effects as well. On an aside, I have been seeing my family doctor for almost two decades now. Yet when I went for my annual check up yesterday, it was the first time she did a depression screening. It wasn't optional either. I realize this is probably an insurance required assessment, but I said to her if she gave me this checklist a few weeks from now, my answers may be quite different!
I have been posting Coronavirus articles each night. The two below caught my attention today, because they indicate that the virus does have an impact on the Millennials. Not only because they can infect the rest of us, but because data seems to show that this age group can develop long term lung consequences from the virus.
Millennials may be at a higher risk for catching coronavirus, official says:
https://nypost.com/2020/03/18/millennials-may-be-at-a-higher-risk-for-catching-coronavirus-official-says/
Coronavirus doctor says lung scans for young patients were ‘nothing short of terrifying’:
https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-doctor-says-lung-scans-for-young-patients-were-nothing-short-of-terrifying/
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