Home For Christmas

The good news just keeps coming. Today, Nancy and I went down to New Albany to join Daniel for the "Team Meeting". This included the Doctor, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, and Case Manager. They all talked about where he is right now, where he needs to be going, and when he gets to go home. He's made so much progress that he will be getting out tomorrow around noon and coming home. Yippee! He's stoked as are all of us. They expect another 3-4 weeks of OT/PT which he will do at the local hospital's center, but he's well on his way.

Today they had him on a recumbent stair climber. After the therapist set it up Daniel commented that it was set up with much less resistance than the last time. As it turns out, it was set up at a slightly higher resistance than the last time, which was just 3 days ago. So, since it was so easy to push, the therapist turned it up another couple notches. Even with the increased resistance, Daniel went twice as many repetitions as the last time. Obviously, his legs have grown stronger. That further fired us up.

We've been cleaning out Daniel's room, stripping the wallpaper, painting it, and getting it ready for him to return. Obviously, we have to make the room much more accessible and it certainly will be. 

Hope everyone has a merry Christmas. Daniel's successful surgery and ongoing recovery have certainly made this year merry for all of us.