fourcatmom Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Dd had her first day of school today after being off with the TBI since last year. The doctor released her for 7.5 hours of school per week. I think it's going to take a while to hit that. Today we started with Yoga. She woke up stressed out and said she had a horrible night with a ton of leg spasms. Not a great way to start our first day but I plunged ahead anyways knowing putting it off wasn't going to help things tomorrow. She had her choice between a yoga video and yoga cards (recommended here). She chose the cards. She gets about 5 minutes into looking at the cards and says, "hey this isn't yoga, it's all about breathing!" Too funny but this led to a discussion about breathing and how this hopefully was going to help her. She spent a total of about 15 minutes trying different exercises and even pulled her sister into some of them. She actually did really well. I was surprised because a lot of them you had to really be able to balance and I wasn't sure how she would do. It was shorter then I expected but I was impressed with her openness to try and her ability to do most of them. After 15 minutes she said she had a headache and the day went downhill from there. To distract her I asked her to help me make some pizzas for lunch which she did. The only other thing I got out of her (besides crying and complaining that it was ALL hard) was about 10 minutes of writing down some thoughts about horses. So if you count the helping me with cooking part, she did 40 minutes total. If you don't count making pizzas as school (no measuring, just working) then she did about 25. We are no where close to the 7.5 hours. I am just going to document what I have planned and what she is able to do. We see the doctor in three weeks. If she is not up to that time frame by then, I guess he'll adjust it. She ended up having to take her headache meds today which she hasn't taken in several weeks and she was back to laying in the dark. Every time she came out of her room she would just bury her head in my neck. :sad: She had been doing well which is why we decided it was time to try. I am not giving up but it wasn't what I expected or hoped for either. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. She is going to go out to the barn and hopefully she can do some art while she is out there. Maybe that will help relax her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm so sorry it's rough. :grouphug: Is it possible the 15 minutes was too much? Like maybe on each new thing you try, just do 3-5 minutes and stop? Also, I don't know much about her art, but why can't that be counted as school? If she can illustrate a fable that you read to her for a few minutes, then her formal is 5 and her art is 45, kwim? Or if she draws something from nature and then you look up it's parts, again it's mostly art with just a bit of formal science, yet all school. Can she listen to anything on audio, or is it fatiguing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Yes, of course art can count. It would count if she could just draw at this point. I was just going to have her take a sketchbook out tomorrow and she is she could spend some time drawing. I am not following any course at this point, just wanting her to start thinking about doing things other then resting and laying in bed watching movies. I tried the Audio books, she started crying said it was making her headache worse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I know that must be disappointing and stressful. But if it is 7.5 hours a week you are shooting for, and your first day she reached :40 (I would include the pizza), you really aren't that far off. You might just shoot for a total of 30-40 minutes a day tops for the rest of this week. Start really slowly. Like 5 minutes or 10 minutes and take a break. Then another 5-10 minutes and take a break. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Your right. I was focusing on hour and half a day (not including the weekends) and that we had another 50 minutes of things she should be doing but it's not about the time and I shouldn't be focused on that. I am a planner and sometimes when things don't go as planned I can't see the other side of things. She did well I was just frustrated that it took so much out of her too. Your right about the breaks too. We'll try that tomorrow. This is all just new. Thanks :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Your right. I was focusing on hour and half a day (not including the weekends) and that we had another 50 minutes of things she should be doing but it's not about the time and I shouldn't be focused on that. I am a planner and sometimes when things don't go as planned I can't see the other side of things. She did well I was just frustrated that it took so much out of her too. Your right about the breaks too. We'll try that tomorrow. This is all just new. Thanks :001_smile: I'm right there with you. I am a planner. I can get tunnel visioned on my plan. I find it can be painful to let go of that plan. :lol: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: You and she will both make it. Focus on the positives, the biggest one being that she is alive... She is learning how to function again. That will take time. Give yourselves a hug and a lot of understanding and patience. This is new territory for both of you. Spend time just cherishing life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm right there with you. I am a planner. I can get tunnel visioned on my plan. I find it can be painful to let go of that plan. :lol: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: You and she will both make it. Focus on the positives, the biggest one being that she is alive... She is learning how to function again. That will take time. Give yourselves a hug and a lot of understanding and patience. This is new territory for both of you. Spend time just cherishing life. Awesome and wonderful thoughts to end the day. Thank you. :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm sorry it was rough. Idk how much input she gave into the audiobooks. Maybe changing topics to just light fiction would help her brain get used to listening. Watching movies is probably easier because there's less constant talking and pictures to help with comprehension. So maybe switch to interesting documentaries, or even short YouTube clips. Re: planning, I started planning our school day recently. It's great for me when the day is productive and I can just do the next thing. But more and more the list gets "shifted" and by the end of the week there's a lot that wasn't "accomplished". Frustrating and stressful so we try to do a little fun school on the weekends and we school year round. I know it's a different situation for you but maybe changing the routine would help too. Also maybe brainstorm what time of day would work better. (Hugs) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 All I have is (hugs). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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