This has been a great day for Phil. In fact, the past three days have been great.
It seems that he has "turned a corner" as the saying goes and is now making
great improvement. It appeared as though he was going to be wheelchair bound,
but today came walking into our room using a walker! It was a memorable
moment.
Speech is improving every day. At first his words were usually confused and his
comprehension was very poor. He still scrambles words occasionally, but most
of his sentences now make sense!
His right hand was totally flacid following surgery, but he is beginning to use it
some and has no trouble moving and flexing it. The surprising part is that he
can use his left hand almost as well as his right, and feeds himself like a pro
with that left hand.
He eats well and is in very good spirits, sleeping much less, and enjoying visitors. We're praising the Lord for the improvements.
We're still in Rehab located on the east side of the Winchester Hospital and
will be here until Monday or Tuesday. Visitation is late afternoon Mon - Friday,
Sat afternoon and all day Sunday. He gets tired easily, so we prefer visits be
30-45 minutes.
