Saturday, January12th, 2008

Wow! It was hard to recover from the big blow-out bash that we threw for Patty's birthday yesterday. To start with we had a Baskin Robins ice cream pie (mint n' chip) and then...oh yeah, I guess that was all. But between Christa (4 months pregnant) and her two girls, Patty, David and myself we polished that whole thing off easy! We had a lot of fun until the wee hours, 10PM or so. But by the time you get the grand kids settled in to their hotel, edit video, and blog, (I still don't know what that means!), it's about 1AM when you're actually in bed.

But today was good, David called and woke us up at 7AM to say that he was going to breakfast in the 'lunchroom' and could we meet him. I said, "sure, we'll catch up with you later". For a Saturday, David's therapy started off early. He started with PT where he peddled the stationary bike and worked out his left leg.

Georgette (OT) worked on his left hand a lot, (stretching and exercising), and was real excited to notice movement in his fingers and hand. I had noticed slight movement a few days ago, and David and I prayed immediately that God would continue to heal and restore movement to his arm and hand. Georgette recommended some exercises that David can do in his spare time to strengthen these. More exciting stuff!

David said today, "Everyone is commenting on my smile, what did it look like before?". It really is a 'Day and Night' difference, before it was crooked and fake looking, now it is 'David'.

PT worked with David later in the day for an hour, and he walked all over the halls several times, and even walked on his own (no assistance) with his 'walker". It won't be long until he can take off by himself.

A massage therapist came by this evening and worked on David's left shoulder and arm. He is also a licenced chiropractor, and we are hoping that this will help that left arm 'come alive' even faster.

David called Christa as she was driving back to her hotel tonight. He just wanted to talk some more! We love how he is initiating so many things on his own, as this is often a hard thing for TBI patients.

Thanks for all your prayers. God really is moving in David's life.

Steve