Greetings from the Weekend

While Mom was in church yesterday, I went over to Stillwater to hang out with Dad. Not a fan of electric razors, I brought him one he could use. Afterwards we headed down the hall to the common area. Sitting there, we could hear someone playing the piano in the dining room. They were playing old standards, from say, the late 1800’s (I may or may not be exaggerating this), and playing them very slowly, as if playing for a funeral march. Dad and I got such a kick out of it though, we couldn’t stop chuckling. Whoever was playing God Bless You, keep trying, because practice will make perfect. After picking Mom up and running a loop of errands around Bangor, we made our way back to Stillwater as PJ was just showing up.

Dad is doing really well transitioning from the wheelchair to a regular chair as his right leg continues to improve in muscle strength and movement. He has been doing the leg exercises he learned in acute rehab and in the month he has been in skilled nursing has made what I think are huge improvements. Dad, on the other hand, seems less than impressed. Regardless, I see a big improvement. His balance is better, he’s steadier on his feet when standing and while he still can’t quite move his foot, his leg itself has continued to improve. His right arm; however, shows no real sign of improving yet. Dad insinuated over the weekend to just lobe it off if it wasn’t going to work. I laughed at the ridiculousness of this notion and commented that the arm is usually the last part to come back, that he can continue to improve for up to a year and beyond and that maybe we shouldn’t quite go down that road yet. Can you imagine….

Enjoy some pictures from this weekend!

  

All shaved and ready for the day!

Dad and PJ