Week 5 at home

Very exciting week so far! It's amazing when I take a few days off, and come back to him. It really helps to see the little differences. Well this week, those little differences are huge improvements.

My mom told me he was taking steps, and I have observed these little steps assisting him around the house, but yesterday was different. These were considerable steps, as well as considerable movement in the "bad leg". All of this is still assisted by one of us, or his Physical therapist....but I still was in shock at the difference a week made. His pull ups in bed are not even a struggle anymore. It's as if he's bored with them now, and wants a new challenge. His brother sent some work out bands for him to use, and I am consistently finding new ways for him to work with these to add more of a challenge. His speech is also improving, last night he was able to say "My name is John, my kids are Brad, Matt, and Chris. My wife is Claudia, and she is the best wife in the world". For the most part, this was much more clear than what we are used to.

In my opinion, he is seeing these improvements and getting more and more excited about them. I think we were in a lull there for a bit, where he did not see the improvements, as they were spread out over time.

I installed the new hinges on his bathroom door. "Offset hinges", in case any of you are wondering, will add an incredible amount of space to your existing door ways. They completely take the door out of the opening, and around the casing.

I also ordered some of those "Get a Grip" things off a tv promo I saw late one night. This was my first time ordering anything off the television's "Paid Programming", but they were super cheap, so I got a pair of them...and because I "acted so fast", they threw in a third one. haha.

So, I tested these bad boys out last night, and couldn't believe the strength of each one. The idea is two suction cup ends with a handle between them. I mounted it to the wall in my bedroom, locked it down, and I am pretty sure I could have ripped the wall right off the studs if I wanted to. Incredible little suckers!! So, we will have these in various spots around the house where he can access them to move about.

Overall, a very optimisitic week of what is coming. I can't wait to get back down there tonight.