Today is officially the end of the clinical trial for Wayne (with the exception of the 2-month post-treatment testing in late-July).
It felt sad, as I knew it would, but it also feels like we've accomplished a big goal. Woo-hoo!
We were at the UW Aphasia Lab (http://depts.washington.edu/sphsc/labsites/kendall/about.htm) everyday for 8 weeks. I ended-up feeling like part of the staff at the UW Speech & Hearing Clinic--a permanent fixture in the waiting room. (Although, this ended-up being very conducive for my efforts to getting the logistics squared-away for a Caregiver Support Group specific to Strokes and Head-Injuries to be formed, so no time wasted.)
Wayne and I got home and had one beer each on our front step and just beamed with gratitude for the busting through of the "roadblock" of his speech--apraxia, the elation regarding the words that he has regained, the comfort in the hope we gained and the assurance of knowing that with enough time and effort he could speak again to some extent, and the exhaustion of having to be somewhere everyday (very taxing for Wayne at this point).
Cheers Wayne, (and since he can't type, I'll say it for him...) Cheers Julie! That was tough, amazing, and so incredibly worth it! Well done!
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