Charlie started at Elder Mount last week. Mama stayed for the first half of his first day and then he was left with everyone else. There are 4 groups of people. They are put a specific group in depending on their mental ability. Charlie was put into group 3. The first day was, as expected, pretty difficult. He got confused a bit which is expected. One of the problems with him being in group 3 is that other people in that group are not as mobile as Charlie so they can't move around nearly as much as he can. Because of that they are sitting down a lot. They do exercises in chairs instead of standing up. After a while of sitting Charlie wanted to get up and wonder around. Well they don't want him to do that because they have an activity going on and don't have enough people to watch him and others who want to do the same thing.
The second day was better than the first. There are 9 field trips that Elder Mount takes every month. We are allowed to sign Charlie up for 3 of them. His second day he went on a field trip to the art museum. When Mama asked him what he saw he said that he saw a lot of colors which is a pretty good answer. They also have people there to gives manicures and hair cuts so Charlie got his hair cut the second day he was there. Things have been going well since then. He will continue to go 2 days a week.
The speech, physical, and occupational therapists are all still coming to the house 2 or 3 days a week. It seems to be going well with them. There is something new going on with Charlie. He will make the movement of using a fork or spoon while eating and bring it up to his mouth but there isn't a fork or spoon in his hand. We don't know what that is about. He also will be going to see the new neurologist this week.
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