REHAB Continues - week 2

When mom and I arrived today around 11:30am, dad was in therapy. He was learning to sit up on the side of the therapy table and balance his weight. He was also doing some range of motion exercises. While we have yet to see any indication of movement on the left side, the therapist did say his posture is improving when he sits up and he was much more receptive to the therapy today than last week. He is still a bit queezy - he ate just a small breakfast and lunch. The highlight of my day was when we were sitting at the lunch table talking and he reached over and put his right arm around me - I just leaned over and enjoyed that moment - definitely an unforgettable moment right there. After lunch, we went to his room where he rested for an hour before afternoon therapy. After dinner he got a bunch of vistors and mom said he did really well with everyone - he spoke with each visitor and truly enjoyed their company. Today the case worker scheduled a family meeting for us for Friday afternoon where the doctor and therapists will give us a progress report and also begin helping us put together a plan for his eventual discharge - there are a lot of things that we will need to do in order to prepare mom & dad's house (ramps, moving furniture, railings, possibly new hospital style furniture and redoing the bathroom as well) But for now, we will focus on the fact that today was a good day - and we PRAISE GOD from whom all good things come!