Progress with speech

Linda and I visited with Martha for a bit this afternoon. She's looking good and the therapy at the Jewish Home is paying off. Martha has made what I think is great progress with speech and the key seems to be including a gesture. If you make a thumbs up, she says good. If you make a thumbs down, she says bad. She understands she has to raise her voice to call Chloe, Bronte or Dave from another room. So as we get more gestures figured out, her speech improves. I know she also does well if you start a phrase she recognizes. Today we had her in giggles when we said "Love you," she'd say "mean it!" She's also added waffles to the list of food she likes. Progress, slow but sure.