This happened a few days ago but certainly gave us a chuckle. We were in the room with Rach discussing her new treatment plan and goals for the week.
One of the goals is word recognition. At times, Rach can look at an object and know exactly what it is used for and even tell the therapist what the function of the object is. The problem is she can not tell you the name of it. For example, she could not name a "toothbrush", although she could tell her that it was for "brushing teeth."
Liisa was discussing this with Rach and then showed her some objects. "What's this?" "My contact case", Rach said. Then Liisa asked, "and this?" "It's my cell phone", said Rach. Liisa looked at her, then asked, "Well what are the things you are having problems with naming?" Oh boy, even Rach laughed because she knew that if she knew the names of the things she couldn't remember, they wouldn't be a problem.
Sometimes Liisa lets her blondness shine through.
3 comments:
LOL!!! That's great!
Forgetting nouns is no big deal, Rachael. Jack and I have been living with E.N.S. (Elusive Noun Syndrome) for years. As a matter of fact, I live in a town where virtually everyone has it. We call it "having a Ryderwood moment." Here's a couple of things you can use instead of the noun you're trying to think of. You can just pick one at random. Sure, you might be referring to a sandwich but there's no law that says you can't call it an aardvark, or the Bolivian Navy on maneuvers. Or just make up a word. Remember Bill Cosby's quote from an infinite number of monkeys, "To be, or not to be, that is the GAZORNENBLAT." Never forget to always chuckle. Love from me.
Don't worry Rach, your Aunt Patty and Uncle Mike forget who each other are all the time. Your Aunt Patty still believes Israel is just south of Mexico. You're doing a whole lot better than us.
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