Today Was A Good Day

Tonight's fortune cookie read

Patience and hard work. Patience and hard work. Today we met again with the social worker and therapists from Stillwater. I arrived about a half hour before the appointment. I hate being late. Dad's physical therapist Ray was there and while we have played phone tag, I had yet to meet him until today. He and Dad were getting ready to walk 19 steps, located on the other side of the building, where Stillwater has assisted living apartments. Dad did a great job! He had a moment before walking up the steps where he had to think about which foot to start with. Going up stairs you want to use your good foot and coming down your bad foot.
Next thing you knew Mom and PJ showed up and we all chatted. We were given a lot of information and lots of decisions to make. In patient, out patient, doctor's appointments to be set up, therapies to now coordinate, it was a lot.
Dad's health, other than recovering from a stroke, is great. All his numbers are where they should be with regards to blood, cholesterol, etc, etc. He has made incredible leaps and bounds in all his therapies and they all commented how great Dad's attitude is, even when he makes mistakes. We set up an appointment for a home assessement Friday afternoon. They want to see how Dad does at the house, getting in and out of bed, manuevering the bathroom and the rest of the house. If all goes well on Friday, Dad gets discharged next week! I cannot begin to explain and words can't describe how excited we all were to hear this news. I was smiling ear to ear from the moment I heard the news.
What more can be said about today? I mentioned previously that Dad had been a teacher. As we were walking out, Dad wheeling himself next to us, Linda, his speech therapist told us that everyone at Stillwater is in agreement that they would have wanted Dad as their teacher. It made me feel so proud that he is my Dad.