First week at a new home -- amended

Jon has been back in Defiance at Brookview on Harding Street for a week now. I stopped by today to take a picture of the view he has and found him sitting by the window enjoying it. I am happy to report that he is being seen daily by both physical and occupational therapy. He was looking forward to getting back on the mat and doing more with his legs and torso. O.T. is working on his hands again. He likes his new room. He has in essence a private room so there is plenty of room for his power chair and the hoyer can maneuver better without another bed in the way. Allows more space for company, too, which he seems to be getting almost daily. Having just family visiting was getting to be a drag, I fear. Greg didn't get down as often as the girls and I so he spends a good deal of time there and usually brings a friend along. He has been enjoying the company so keep it up guys!

The food is more to his liking. Looks more like home cooking and not rolled, pressed and thinly sliced! Think Greg took him some homemade meatloaf the other day, too. Jon reports that he is the youngest person at the facility and I think the population is mostly older women but that doesn't seem to bother him. A lot of the staff is younger and seem to know someone in the family and that gives him things to talk about. He and the Director went to school together and the Admission Director's mother and I worked together on Crisis Line in days gone by.

While visiting tonight I noticed that the wound vac was lying on the floor and he commented that the staff was so pleased with how his bedsore looked that he didn't need it anymore. It has very little depth and is looking good. Absolutely, positively what we have all been waiting for!

The weather here this week has been snowy as I guess it has for most of you. Hope you are making the best of it.