OT

Hi, my friends and families! Sorry it took me long to write in English. I’ve been just too busy to sit at the computer and write…Anyway, how have you been doing everyone? I’m thinking of you all every single day. Has spring come yet at your place? We had snow today here in Tokyo. I can’t believe it. Isn’t it March already??? and “It’s fffffreeeeeeziiiiiiiing!!!!” (just for you, my friend!:)

Anyway….I have to write about Jun here, huh? Well, I will tell you about his OT training today. OT (Occupational Therapy) is a training for his hands. He started three months ago with stretching his both arms and hands equaly, and moving some beanbags from a box at his right to another one at his left.

In this three months, he has been practicing how to handle his spoon to eat, how to put on/ take off his clothes, and how to deal with all works in a bathroom…any sorts of things that he needs to handle to lead his life. Recently, he started to practice using chopsticks (though they are kind of special chopsticks for training, so I guess it’s much easier to use, but still!)

I feel like he should have some difficulty in depth perception. It is pretty difficult for him to reach his hand out for an object properly. It might be caused by his damaged eyesight, he might not be sensible that much, or neurons (or any other transmitters…whatever they are) in his brain can’t travel/communicate right each other. Doctors and therapists still struggle to find out the cause. I can totally understand that it is such a complicated problem and very difficult to figure out. It’s not something that you can measure numerically. Am I right, my Dr. fiance?:)

How I wish I could visit Jun’s brain for about 10 minutes to see how he is feeling, what he is thinking, and how he is seeing the world. When I told that to my mom, she said that “Jun will be so tired to have you in his brain for 10 minutes!! Poor Jun! You should be out in a minute or so!!” Well….mom….I think you are kind of off the point…but I’m sure we can keep our heads up because you are so silly!

Here is another story that shows Jun is truely mom’s son.

One day, his OT therapist shared some conversations that she and Jun had during the training. I was talking to her while we were letting Jun walk by himself (here I mean paddle his wheelchair by himself) ahead of us. She said that Jun told her he was super happy to see me and I was the best. I thought “Really?! I don’t think so…he should be happier to see his girlfriend and friends….” but I just asked him “Hey Jun…what do you want?” Soon after I asked him, he said “Good beef” He didn’t even look at me. Just keep paddling with a slight smile! Oh boy! We screamed and laughed so hard! What a silly boy! I can’t believe that he has some brain damages!! Actually he made a mistake. He should have told that to dad to obtain good beef, not to a poor sister! Ha!

I hope Jun entertained you tonight. Have a great week!

Always love
mihori

2 Responses to “OT”

  1. Megan Hill Says:

    That is fabulous! I’m so proud of Jun, and I’m happy to hear that his sense of humor is the same as always 😉 And yay about his graduation to the new hospital soon!

    I miss you guys so much! Love you!!

  2. Mihori Honda Says:

    I know! I’m pretty happy that he keeps his sense of humor! That’s amazing. You should definitely come this summer and enjoy our comedy!!:)

    We miss you so much, too!!!

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