A Good Report REVISED

Today was a great day. Now I will tell you that even in the midst of a very significant achievement - dad also had a very emotional day too. He is worried about mom- when we arrived around 12:45 and when he awoke for therapy about 1:45, he was upset and thought something had happened to mom - he thought that he had disappointed us because he got sick on Monday. He really thinks he had a setback with this stomach thing - I think he is just afraid of something else happening to him. He wants to get better so badly.

As he was sharing this with us, his therapists who were taking him back down for his afternoon work, encouraged him by telling us that his occupational therapist had notice some movement on his left side today - just a little bit in his wrist, but anything like this is a good sign. This was so exciting - that mom and I decided to sneak down and watch his therapy. And in fact, his occupational therapist was kind enough to let him "show off for us." She held his left arm and asked him if he could lift his wrist up from the dangling position it was in - and sure enough - he did - 2 times. And he even wiggled a few fingers. This was such a joyful moment for us. Hard to describe the feeling. Baby steps, yes - but in some ways - milestones!

Even though dad has not eaten today due to his stomach still feeling queazy, we are going to focus on the good report - no matter how small - and be grateful for that! Thank you to all of his friends, family and co-workers who are visiting him at the Rehab center - it is so encouraging to him . . . and us, especially mom!

Let's believe for more God moments this week!