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great post Jim!!! I agree Martha is making great progress. Martha did great with her first meal. She filled up after only a few bits because up to that point everything has been liquid. At one point there was a piece of rice on the right side of her lip and she felt it there and picked it off. That is great because in the past even a cold hand on the right side of her face was not felt! Martha had a shower today and was tentative about getting wet prompting one therapist to check her response to cold and warm water by having her stick her hand into a cup of each. No real response to the warm water. She did respond to the cold water by saying cold ooooohhh. The thought now is that the water hitting her body rather than the temperature of the water may have caused a sensory overload . Being a part of the therapy sessions today was very interesting. I'm learning so much about how she is thinking and learning. The speech therapist said don't just nod your head in agreement if you don't understand Martha. The only way she will correct herself is if she knows it doesn't make sense. She is beginning to realize that things don't make sense and attempts to come up with the words and sentences. All great progress considering the doctors at Strong originally didn't think she would ever talk again. You go Martha!!!