January 11, 2003
Natalie is still making some improvements since we have returned from Hyperbarics. We have a special 4 button switch that we have been working with Natalie on using to identify what she wants, such as a drink, or to eat. It also has a button for yes and no. On Thursday, when Natalie’s nurse was feeding her lunch, Natalie didn’t seem too interested in eating. So the nurse took the bowl over to the sink, and was getting ready to rinse it out, and heard "eat". She stopped, looked at Natalie, and asked her if she wanted more to eat. "Eat" was the answer that Natalie pushed. Natalie then pressed the "eat" button again, and when asked by her nurse if she wanted to eat some more, the "Yes" button was pushed! Of course, when we tried it, Natalie didn’t want to do it, but this isn’t the first time that she has done it, this time was just the most intentional that she has pushed the buttons.