We had a great day today. For the most part. Speech therapy was interesting. Mark has trouble naming things. I knew this, but the interesting thing is that it's nouns he has trouble with. He only gets 10%. But when naming verbs it's 80%. The therapist didn't have a particular title for this deficiency. Just part of the Aphasia he has. So we brought home some flash cards for our homework so we can practice naming nouns. Guess I better get the sticky notes back up on all the household items.
The kids were out of school today for a snow make-up day. We rounded everybody up and took them to the dollar movie in Provo to see Tangled. They'd already seen it, but I hadn't. It's definitely on the "must buy" list. Very cute movie. It was fun to be out as a family. And of course not cooped up at home.
Mark's energy level has been much improved since I changed his meds. It really went through the roof after I spoke to Crime Victim's Reparations. They denied our claim to pay the medical expenses because "Mark went over to Charle's home to confront him. Therefore he contributed to his injuries and the statute states that we cannot cover any of the medical expenses when the victim could have avoided the injuries." What?!? Do they also deny the claims of women who are raped because they "could have avoided the injuries" by not going on the date? We're beyond angry and frustrated. We're feeling very much the victim...in every way. Everytime we turn around this assault is hitting us head on. I feel like we're NEVER going to get away from it, heal from it, have closure with it. I guess it's our new BFF for the rest of our lives. Have I mentioned that this sucks?
Blessing of the Day: family time
Can you appeal the decision? Like, with an attorneys help? Let's all give some thought to finding a lawyer who would be willing to work pro-bono (for free) and help Mark n Scarlet on this! Ok y'all??
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