Visitors

Jon has been quite busy. On Friday his Uncle Frank, and cousins Jan, Jill, Brynn and Devon came to visit. They were on their way to a family reunion on Saturday which Jon had hoped to be able to attend but we couldn't get the arrangements done on short notice so it was great to have them stop by for a few hours. I'm not sure Jon had ever seen Jill's daughter, Brynn, before and she reminds Barb and me of Jo Marie when she was at the same age. (I also thought she looked a lot like her Aunt Judy but think I was out voted.) Sunday my mother and sisters came to visit. Mother and Margaret Ann were able to stay till Monday and see some of Jon's physical therapy.

He has continued to work on supporting his upper body by making a triangle with his body and hands. Yesterday they were concentrating on retaining an upright position if he starts to lose his balance. His reaction times were good but needs to work on getting his hands in a good spot to support himself. The physical therapist gathered a group of 3 other patients who have similar injuries as Jon's and gave them a talk on how their injuries affected their prognosis. He included the staging of the muscles and it was interesting to learn that if a person can raise an extremity against gravity they have a good chance at recovering its use. Jon's also working with some weights in occupational therapy and is starting to get his upper arm muscles back.


His attitude has remained good for the last couple of weeks and he is working on learning everybody's name. It's nice to see him so outgoing again. Yesterday we spent almost a half an hour outside and I think daylight has made a difference also. He went for a long time asking that all the lights be turned off and since his bed isn't on the side next to the window he wasn't getting much light period. Now that he spends a lot of his time in the lounge which has several windows he's getting much more light.

On the down side he's just finished his antibiotics for a urinary tract infection and it looks like it's back again--or never really clearedup. We just can't get used to how much liquid he needs to keep this controlled!

Thanks for checking in and keeping Jon in your thoughts and prayers. We appreciate it. We especially thank Reibo for his frequent visits throughout the week...Jon really appreciates them.