Happy Wednesday everybody,
Dad started his speech therapy this morning at 8:00. We cannot be here until 9:00 so we didn't get to sit in on that session. He said the therapist showed him some pictures and asked him some questions. She also assessed his articulation and the way he moves his mouth to make sounds. Tomorrow she is going to do a video analysis of his swallowing and see what they need to work on there. At 11ish he has OT and they are going to work on daily living skills, such as bathing and getting dressed. He sat up for about 2+ hours today in his wheelchair. He went back to bed at about 10 and he is resting peacefully now. Poor guy, he is worn out! We rocked out to some CCR & the Eagles this morning. Kelly left her CD's and Buck & Mel bought him a CD player. He loved it, he said it was "great." In my opinion, you can't listen to CCR without getting happy! He gets tired easily right now, but he is working up his strength. He says, "It is what it is." Having to go through such a huge surgery once in a lifetime is enough, but having to endure it twice is just plain awful (or four times, right Ron?). He is doing so well and he has a great attitude! We are very proud of how he is handling himself! He is working so hard. He's doing great. We are very grateful! As always, we appreciate all of your support and prayers and thoughts, calls, emails, texts, and cards!
Beth and Glenda are having a better day today as well. Glenda is doing much better this morning and they took her off of the ventilator. Good news!
Thanks for reading! Have a fantastic day!!!!
Love,
Cejae Rawls & the Cross peeps
P.S. Some of you have asked where to send cards. Dad can have cards or whatever sent to his room at the hospital. The address is:
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S. First Ave.
Room # 5362
Maywood, IL 60153
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Hey There....so glad you now have a CD player, so I will start sending you the CD'S of the church services. I will post some today of the last couple of Sundays. Van is home today, so if you get bored in between all of the therapy, feel free to call. Cejae...do you have a web cam on your lap top? If so we can skype you guys.
ReplyDeleteLove & prayers, D
Delores,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all you have done for us. Dad said he might give Van a holler if he's not too tired. I suspect after his PT at 2:00, he'll have a hankering for a nice long nap before his 4:00 meal of Replete. I asked him what he wished they were feeding him and he said chicken. I asked him what he wanted when he got home and he said chicken, fried:) He's sitting in his wheelchair getting his arms and neck massaged by mom....sleeping. I think he feels better about himself today since he got to do some thing independently. I'm glad he has had others to rely on, but it probably gets pretty old sometimes. Thanks for the comment. We will talk to you soon.
Cejae