May 30 & 31

Day 107 & 108
Jackie is taking pledges, she has an envelope, either give us a call or I can get her to email you. We would like to thank-you in advance, this is a new commitment for us now.
Glenn practised in the power chair yesterday, and really liked it. They will get him to practise all of next week before they will let him use one as his regular chair. It will give him much more mobility at this time. I would stress that he will still be in therapy to walk on his own, so this would actually prevent his legs from stiffening further. He also has a mouth appliance to exercise his tongue, and he was not quite ready to give up his tube feed. They do not want him to try to eat too soon and choke or inhale his food, and get his lungs stressed out, so he is content to do it this way for awhile longer yet. I think that really blows some minds that he isn't more anxious to eat, but food has never been that exciting to him, so I understand better than most would.
The really exciting news is that in OT on Wednesday, his helper told me that he had raised his right hand into an upright position from the wrist! That is so awesome, at last! He seemed a little disbelieving himself, but I'm telling you it was great news to me. That is the first sign of movement there in a long while. The botox is doing what it is supposed to do, and nature and the body are doing the rest. Medical science is mind boggling to the novice for sure.
On the Louise front, I'm apparently anemic, so the doctor has started me on iron supplement for a month to see if there is improvement. That was not at all what I expected to hear, so who knows? Everything else is OK, so perhaps the stress has manifested itself this way. I'll have to fry up some liver!
Well that's about all that's new, I started working part time at Avonhurst so that should be good for my mind too. So far I haven't crashed the system or anything, so I'll keep going.
'Til next time,
Louise