Evan (his speech therapist) gave him the same test that he had on two previous occasions: on first admission to Osteo and then when he first started outpatient therapy. The test looks at areas such as memory, comprehension, problem solving, executive higher level functioning, attention to detail, spatial relations. My dad doesn't remember taking the test the first two times, so it's still a good measure to see how he scored this time and especially useful to compare this test to the first two. It's an unbiased and quantifiable way to clearly demonstrate how he has improved.
The first time he took the test (on admission to inpatient rehab), the result was moderate deficit in memory, attention to detail, and problem solving.
The second time he took the test (on starting outpatient speech therapy), the result was minimal to moderate deficit in memory and minimal deficit in attention to detail.
This time he took the test, there were NO deficits. He scored completely normally. Woohoo!
Of course, he still battles some memory problems at home, but nothing compared to how it was. And it's fantastic that he can complete any cognitive challenge without difficulty. Definitely cause for celebration.
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