Average Jane

I had my cognitive assessment today. It was interesting. It was basically a bunch of tests to see whether and how my language and processing skills have been affected by the crash. The first test was to name as many animals as I could in 30 seconds, which is harder than it sounds. I somehow came up with emu. What in the world? I was in the forty-somethingth percentile on that one. On the rest of the tests I was in the forties or fifties, except for reading comprehension, which was higher. It was good to do the tests and find out that I'm not quite as "back to normal" as I feel. The people around me could have told me that, but it was good to get confirmation from a professional. She feels very confident that I'll get back to "normal" but thinks that some therapy will help. So I'll have weekly appointments for the next several months. It was humbling somehow to realize that I need help with these skills that have always come so easily to me, but I'm grateful that the help is there and that the injury wasn't worse. It could so easily have been.