Friday, Oct. 21

Go Cats! Dad enjoyed watching his cats beat-up the Bruins. He stayed up to watch the entire game.
Well a whole lot has taken place since my last post. With assistance from Lisa and his physical therapist and his walker, he's been slowly walking. His longest walk has been from the dining room to the front door twice. This is about 16 steps for him. He's been standing longer periods of time in his stander and his right leg is moving much better than ever. Still slow but with more control. He's been enjoying his wheelchair walks around the neighborhood during the morning and neighbors stop to say hello. Lisa planted some flowers in the backyard and he loves to set outside to suck in some sunshine and smell the roses.
All tubes have been removed including his G tube from his stomach. His doctor says he's doing just great health wise. We're working him hard everyday only because he's asking us to do so. He wants to stand all the time but gets extremely tired after standing for 15 minutes at a time. He's slowly building his muscle strength and his determination to walk and talk hasn't diminished one bit. He's bound and determined to get back to where he was at before the stroke.
We're thinking about having a mass for him where he'll show up for everyone to say hello. I'll keep all of you posted for when this takes place.
Have a great weekend.