Although it may feel as though a lot of time has gone by, in terms of recovery from a major bleed - brain insult, your husband is still in the the prime time of recovery and rehabilitation. No one can exactly predict when your husband will recover or how much of his previous skills he will recover. It is important to look at his progress and to keep encouraging working very hard at rehabilitation.

I was a little unclear if the four days a week included multiple visits with speech-language pathology or that was divided among various therapies. I am hoping your husband is still receiving multiple speech-language treatments weekly (often the limits are imposed by insurance carriers, not by medical professionals). It is important to do as much follow-up from the professionals as you can as part of the “home program.” It sounds like your husband is quite familiar with computers; is he doing some home program activities on the computer? This would be something to explore with the speech-language pathologist.

It is critical that your family keep a positive, forward-looking attitude — again, focus on the progress your husband has made and encourage more of that! Celebrate the little victories and advances. Maximize the rehabilitation that is offered through professional services, and available in various support groups, community agencies and home program. I wish your husband and your family well. Anne