Thursday, October 22, 2009

Drum roll please!!! Today Dad said the word "No!" It may not sound like much, but it's really HUGE!!! Glenda had taken him outside in the wheel chair and they had gone around the building once. As they got near the front door, Dad pointed to the door indicating he was ready to go in! Glenda encouraged him to let her take him around again. As they neared the front door for the second time, she asked Dad if he wanted to go around another time and he actually said, "No!" We are all so excited that he used his voice!!!! Thank you God for that!

The week has flown by! It had actually been a week Wednesday since I had been up to the Center. We had been out of town, etc. I was amazed when I walked into Dad's room Wednesday as to how much better he looked! He didn't look "sick!" When I walked in his room at 9 a.m., he was dressed and sitting by the window in the wheel chair. He looked so perky and healthy! He had been wheeling himself around in the chair with his feet on the floor and was so much more energetic and lively! Before he left for therapy I asked him if he'd like to play gin and he gave me the thumbs up (meaning "yes"). We played three games and I won all three, but only beating him by one or two cards each game! Well, you know how competitive Dad is...after I won the third game he pushed the table away and gave me the signal that he was DONE!!! Tee hee! I was loving it!!! He tried to act like he wasn't amused, but he was!!!

Observing Dad do physical and speech therapy is so interesting. He is making so much progress between each time I get to watch. The therapists (who happen to both be women) are so fond of Dad and it is so obvious in the way they work with him. They instill a lot of humor in their care and he responds well to it! We are so blessed to have such skilled, dedicated individuals who are working with him!

God is great! Love to all, Sandi