Wednesday, September 30, 2009

HE'S SITTING UP IN A CHAIR!!! Praise be to God...it is so good to see him in a chair. It's those little things that mean so much!!!

We are making progress and now that he's up they have realized what a strong individual he is...both physically and mentally. The physical therapist has said they will be working aggressively with him AND for that we are thankful!!!!!!

Just wanted to share...

More to come later today!!!

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WoW!! What a day! Lots of good news and Daddy is absolutely worn out tonight from all the activity.

After sitting this morning for about an hour, he got to go do the "swallow test" and proved us right...NO FEEDING TUBE!!! That was wonderful news, because it means he will have one less hurdle to get over on this journey to recovery.

He also traded his "digs" in Cardiac ICU for a room on the 3rd floor. So he's movin' on up!!!

Tonight Daddy is exhausted but hungry (also a good sign) - tho' not too exhausted to ask to watch football. So here we sit watching the Hawaii - LA Tech game - for no other reason than it is on.

We are so grateful for answered prayer and for prayer warriors from coast to coast. Please continue to remember Dad and Nelda when you go to our Heavenly Father in prayer...because now the real Journey begins.

• His physical therapy will be aggressive - which means three hours a day.
• His speech therapy will be frustrating because he knows what he's saying...we just can't understand. I'm sure he thinks we have gotten really stupid really fast!
• Hia recovery will take time...and whether it's 3 weeks, 3 months or 3 years it will be too long for his liking - he has wanted to go home and has been wondering what we were waiting on for several days.