Thursday David came to the Fisher House (across the street from David’s building, where Patty and I live) for the first time. It was a training exercise with PT and Otto teach us to help David transfer himself from his wheelchair to the couch, chairs, bed, toilet or whatever. We all passed, which means that David can come over here and hang out after his therapies.
David was also taken off ‘constant observation’ status. He no longer has a nurse posted in or outside his room, so if he needs anything he has to use the call button. It is working good so far, but the danger can be that he might be so confident that he would try to get up by himself and fall.
David is now on the ‘regular’ diet, so he actually gets a choice of what he wants to eat, and it won’t be pureed, chopped, diced or thickened.
David has been kicking butt at BINGO, winning 25 books Wednesday night and 8 more on Thursday. He has amassed 57 $1 coupon books that he can use to purchase things at the VA. That cold buy 38 muffins from the canteen, or…?
David helped Rebeca (one of the Recreational Therapists) plan and order the pizza for the Friday Night Family Food Frenzy. I guess, since he used to deliver it, he was as much of an expert as any one.
David is so fun to talk to now, and it is great to hang out with him. His sense of humor is amazing, but he has his share of deep thoughts as well. Tonight I am praying that he sleeps through the night because he has been waking up in the wee hours of the morning and can’t go back to sleep. If you have received a phone call or text message at 3 AM then you know what I am talking about. I think that I mentioned that David got to talk to a couple of Air Force friends from Turkey a few days ago, and that really made his day. Thanks guys!
Steve
P.S. Sometimes you have to look back to appreciate how far you have come.
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