Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Physical Therapy resulted in a long nap; but still better today

Dad continued to show signs of being a bit better today, although still very foggy.  For the first day in weeks, he knew the year, month, and a pretty good guess on the date.  Physical therapy was out this afternoon (after the home health nurse this AM) and just some simple exercises really exhausted him.  He was able to do all of the movements, however, and following commands without questioning, so that's all good.

He's now taking a well-deserved nap after the activity this afternoon.  Next PT is Friday, but we're going to have him doing the exercises through the week to continue to build him up and get him back into the activity levels that he likes to have.

To hear his voice this afternoon, you would have thought he was completely better; while he's not quite there (not by a long shot), he's definitely a 1000% better than when I landed last week.  Maybe by next week at this time he will start asking to use the phone more.  Just a word of warning - he's still not making complete sense and is confused on a lot of what's happened, but I know he's starting to feel more social, which is good for all of us!

Thursday is the trip to see the neuropsychiatrist for further/deeper evaluation on his cognitive status.  Other than that, he's been a bit cold in the house, so the heat has been above 70 degrees for the first time in my lifetime.  Growing up, anything above 65 got a stern frown and a suggestion to get a sweater. :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great news and even a bit of humor!! You all have been in our prayers and it seems He has been listening! Mike really enjoyed talking to Butch on the phone last night. It is the first time in a few weeks and he sounded great. I can't imagine how excited you all are. When you around the situation 24/7 progress like this is a much needed boost!

Thank you for this blog! You have so many friends/family that care and this is an awesome way to communicate to everyone without having to repeat the story 100 times a day.

Looking forward to continuing improvement.....