We had a superb weekend with dad! Saturday we went and got him around 3:30 and took him to Robby's basketball game. He enjoyed that so much. Even though it interrupted his "afternoon nap" - he still loved every minute. He was definitely ready for bed when we got him home. Then this morning we picked he and mom up around 9:30 for church - they came a little early while first service was still going on and got to have breakfast in the cafe. He loved that and I brought all of the preschoolers in by classes to give him high - fives. That really brightened him up! Then my brother dave took him to the front foyer area right before the first service let out and he was able to be there as folks were leaving service and as they were entering for the 2nd service - he got to do his old job of greeting everyone and he was in his glory! This week he was able to sit right up front and enjoy the service from his "regular" spot - tears were falling from his face when the worshp began.
By the time service was over, he was ready for relaxing. We got him back to his room at Heartland and he got snuggled into bed for lunch and an afternoon siesta! He said before I left, "I just love being at that place." And we just love him being there too! The children were so glad to have "Mr. Shug" back again and he was an encouragement to so many that he was there and that he is fighting so hard to get better - I even saw him showing off a bit for people moving his left hand and leg. He wants people to know that he can move them!
Tomorrow will be a little sad as dad's room mate Bill will be heading home. He is such a nice man and has been a great roomy for dad. I feel sure we will see Mr. Bill again - he lives up at The Woods Resort and we have given him fair warning that we were going to bring our clan up to visit him and his family and swim with them this summer! So after Monday, dad will not have a room mate - and therefore we'll really want to give him lots of company til he gets another - we sure hope he'll be as compatible as Bill was with dad.
Thanks for your love, support and prayers. . . dad is getting stronger every day - he really is a miracle! Come see us!
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