Friday February 24, 2012

I would like to start by thanking everyone that has taken the time to login and read dad's blog. Many great things have happened since my last update.
Dad's mind is really starting to wake up and evidence of this can be seen since the last blog.  He can almost reach his mouth with his right hand. He can know cross his left leg with his right without any assistance. If any of you ever witnessed him during a meeting, he usually has his arms crossed with a pensive look on his face. Well, when now listening to his therapists, he assumes this position and character. He's standing in his stander for longer periods of time. And because of these exercises, he's now able to stand from his wheelchair by himself and pull up his pants. He's able to do this using his bed rail. Once up, he's able to move both legs taking small steps side to side all on his own.
Dad can now take his own shoes off by himself. He still thinks he can get out of bed on his own. Although a good sign of progress, we have to make sure we're always close to prevent him from doing so. 
He's getting out of the house more often than before. We took him to the Feb. 18th, U of A baseball game. He was greeted by Frank Acosta, who made it possible for our family to share the festivities at High Corbet with Coach Lopez and Athletic Dir. Greg Byrne. Dad received a special tour of the new facilities and stayed to watch the game. This weekend was special for dad because the U of A recognized the baseball lettermen alumni.  For those of you who don't know, dad pitched for the U of A while attending college way back when. The funny thing about this is that they never gave him his letter. When dad became VP for Business Affairs, someone realized this and officially gave him his letter many years after the fact. Although I didn't attend the game, because I was sick, Lisa told me that everyone was so happy to see him. We took many pictures. We would like to thank those who made this possible for him to cherish forever. We plan on going to many more games.
He now wants to go to a U of A basketball game, (woo hoo). We're now planing this and who knows, you might soon see him at McKale. Don't be shy, come by to say hello.
Have a great weekend and may God Bless all of you!
GO CATS!