After two weeks at Kindred

Tomorrow will mark Bob's two week anniversary at Kindred. He is doing well, participating in his therapies with enthusiasm (most of the time, there was a day when Bob was not too excited about the whole thing but everyone has days like that).

Bob's physical therapist has been working on his balance, sometimes giving him a little shove while he is on his feet. The electronic stimulation has not been very effective at reviving muscles on Bob's right arm. His right leg has showed lots of improvement. Bob goes for walks around his floor with his hemi-walker daily with my mom, most days twice a day. He once even walked to the dinning room on the first floor. Bob's room is on the second floor.

Bob's right hand is less swollen now after lots of massaging, elevation and ultrasound. He continues to wear the compression glove most of the time. Bob still must sleep with the arm brace and the leg brace and he is not protesting wearing these too much now.

"Yes" and "No" are still used interchangeably so unfortunately they are not reliable answers to binary-type questions. Sometimes we can deduce what Bob means when he chooses one over the other based on context, but it isn't always accurate. In the middle of a conversation he will use "yes" or "no" correctly. Bob has been using the word "wait" properly.

My parents still play the traffic game. Today they finished the deck that came with the game. My mom already bought another set of cards with more puzzles. The letter tile game is not played as frequently any longer. Today Bob and my mom played connect-four for the first time. Bob's occupational therapist suggested it would be a good game for exercising counting, planning and tactics.

My mom had the ramps installed at their house this past week. Her friend Brenda offered to paint the ramp in the living room so that it will blend in more. My mom was very touched by this offer and grateful to have such a thoughtful neighbor and friend.

Speaking of friends, I'd like to share a few pictures of friends that came to visit Bob. I mentioned Sally and Roger in my last post. They came to visit from Florida and spent last Friday afternoon and Saturday morning with Bob.

And below is a picture of Bruce and Simone with Bob in his room. They have come to visit Bob every Sunday since the first week he arrived at Spaulding. This picture was taken last Sunday when we crossed paths for the first time since their visit to Rio with my parents. My husband and I took our kids to celebrate Easter with my parents.

Here is the picture of the grandkids and the grandparents after the egg hunt that occurred in Bob's room:

I can't believe it has been a whole week since I last wrote! I think I will follow my uncle Felipe's advice and write once a week until the baby comes. There are about three weeks until my baby's due date! Thanks for reading and keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming.