A mothers perogative

Not sure if thats how you spell perogative, aplogies if not. recently, I had a prac on Spinal and there was an 18 yr old boy who had had a MBA resulting in a complete paralysis at the level of C5. This young chap is very positive and a great person. he also manages to cheer everyone else up on the ward when most of them have alot more function than he does. His mother is also a very lovely lady, but ofcourse wants her son to walk which really isnt possible. This lead to her being abit unrealistic about what he shouls and shouldnt be doing in physio. She made a complaint at his physio for not doing evrything they could to get the most of it which ofcourse resuling in meetings, paperwork and a somewhat hostile relationship with the physio everyday he came down for his 2 hour session. Truth is, the physio was doing as much as they could. this pt only had limited muscle activation and they were working with what they could to achieve strength. the pt has no made much gain function wise in 2-3months but this mother is determined he will wlak although been told otherwise. i learnt that soemtimes you tell mothers the truth but they dont want to hear it until they are ready. you just have to stick to you guns and be realistic.