We haven't had much to post lately about David's medical situation and ongoing recovery, but we got some items of good news today. He has been approved to go back to English Oaks for more physical therapy, and he has an appointment (June 5) to go to UCSF and have a 60 minute appointment with a neurovascular doctor there.
It's our hope that with these two items in the future he will be able to continue to make gains physically and may also get some more answers about his situation.
We are also thankful that his heart repair took place as early in the spring as it did, as David had been signed up to go to Washington DC with Jacob's 8th-grade class and had been concerned he might not get to go depending on the time of that procedure. He is going, and they will be leaving Saturday and coming back the next Saturday. If you are praying for us, would you please pray for David to have strength and energy necessary to take this on? It's a pretty grueling trip - on the move all the time - and he still gets tired when we walk one mile together. He's also had a cold for the last 5 weeks. I'm just a bit worried about the toll it might take on him.
So anyway, just a lot of good news - a bonding time coming up for Jacob and his dad that we weren't sure would get to come about, more physical therapy which David needs, and an appointment at UCSF.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Another First
This week marks David's first full week back at work since his stroke. To put it in perspective his last full 5-day week at work was the week before Halloween. So, this marks a new adjustment for him and us.
Insurance approval on his physical therapy ended last week. We are working on getting approval for him to go to English Oaks once a month - for feedback on progress and for suggestions from the physical therapists.
David is doing very well, and when we look back on the days when he could not even move in bed on his own we realize how far he has come, but there is a lot yet that has not come back that would be nice to have back, God willing. To give one example illustrating this, yesterday he and I went for a walk, and he apologized to me partway through, saying, "I'm sorry I'm not very communicative. I'm having to focus so much on getting this leg to do what it needs to do that I can't focus on having a conversation."
We are SO grateful for the healing he has experienced, but it is also the case that it sure would be wonderful if he could walk without having to concentrate on it so hard. We hope that can yet come.
Insurance approval on his physical therapy ended last week. We are working on getting approval for him to go to English Oaks once a month - for feedback on progress and for suggestions from the physical therapists.
David is doing very well, and when we look back on the days when he could not even move in bed on his own we realize how far he has come, but there is a lot yet that has not come back that would be nice to have back, God willing. To give one example illustrating this, yesterday he and I went for a walk, and he apologized to me partway through, saying, "I'm sorry I'm not very communicative. I'm having to focus so much on getting this leg to do what it needs to do that I can't focus on having a conversation."
We are SO grateful for the healing he has experienced, but it is also the case that it sure would be wonderful if he could walk without having to concentrate on it so hard. We hope that can yet come.
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