Thursday Afternoon

Hi all....it's still Karen. We have had a nice, quiet, 'low-stress' kind of day. This room is SO much less busy. So, we have 2 or 3 hours in between each visit...YAY. The physical therapists stopped by and worked with dad. He was able to stay sitting upright, w/o leaning on anything, and supported himself unassisted for several minutes. This was a big improvement from previous visits. They said he is getting much stronger. He didn't do much with his right leg....kept trying. Overall, they are really pleased with how much he is improving. They told him to get rested up for the Rehab Center and said, 'If you think we're mean....you just wait'. (gulp)

The nurse told me to get our room all packed up, so that we are ready to move when they come to get him. So I did. This was 2 hours ago. So now everything is packed up, and yet we wait. Our hope is that he is moved before Ryan gets here at 5:00 to watch the game with dad. He has asked several times today what time the game starts....so he is anxious to see it. Is it okay to pray that he gets moved quickly to watch the game? ;)

Dad has been awake and sitting up in his bed for several hours watching TV. We found an old BYU football game being replayed and he enjoyed watching that. Now we are listening to 'Jimmer news' on some sports channel.

Dad's spirits are good today! He's been smiling and upbeat most of the time... I was even able to understand a couple of the things he needed. When I did, and was able to repeat what he had said, he nodded enthusiastically and I jumped up and down cheering. And because his sense of humor has been in tact the entire time...when I told him he was speaking too quietly, and whispered to him, to show him how he sounds to us, he started talking like Barry White. Always the funny man. LOL. Hope you are all having a good day...thanks for checking in. :)