Manna from Pres. Richards

     Haircut day, we can see his ears. Cut some of the longer hair in the back. Did a basic buzz cut. Then they gave him a shower.

    OT, Beth, worked on his left arm stretching and massaging. Then ice.    

    Speech finished with mental testing last week. They say his brain is fine, good thing he was wearing his helmet. Tonya 1 (both Speech ladies names are Tonya so they call them Tonya 1 and Tonya 2, like thing 1 and thing 2, both last names begin with H, Tonya 1 has been here longer so she is number 1) asked about his whistle, he uses that on the playground and singing as we do that in church. He cant whistle yet and not enough breathe to sing.

   He has a breather, he is on two exhale, and on four inhale. I think he needs s duck call. They move it up to tighten it and it gets harder for strength and power. He has to get to 4 and 5. He can't blow his nose yet. The air doesn't come out hard enough. 

In through the nose and out through the mouth. He is supposed to exhale with an SSSsss sound. Inhale expand tummy, exhale small tummy, use  diaphragm. Hold to three, exhale to three.

     They took the peg tube out! Yeah! No more tubes.

Pres. Richards stopped by with a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts!!  Oh thank you Pres Richards!! Is that manna from heaven or what?

     To the MRI for pictures of arm, it should take 2 hours. I will go to the quilt Crossing and see what they have... Needless to say I found w couple of things I couldn't live without. 

   Returned to find the MRI only took 20 min. He had about 20 min of PT, they did leg stretching. Than he ate lunch in the dining room, he had a panini sandwich, which is the type of bread with club sandwich ingredients, a bag of chips, and milk.

    Then Beth got him for PT and they did the hand bicycle machine. Then some stretch band exercises. 

   On the way back to the room we stopped in to meet R T 300. Restorative Therapy makes the machines in Maryland. She is similar to a stationary bicycle. Beth will attach his arms to the electrodes. The machine does the moving with the electrode sensation while he is sitting in his wheelchair. It is all recorded on line which muscle reacts. 

   I had one doughnut, Bruce had two,  They are so sugary, water, where is my water? You only need one a month, sugar coma. Nap time 

     Bruce had an egg salad sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes, chicken rice soup and strawberry short cake for dessert.

    We went to the end of the hall to see the Christmas lights in the parking lot. They have decorated the trees with light and they are pretty.

   Now we are trying to figure out how to do Skype...

    Ever wonder what to do in case of a fire drill in a hospital? Well tonight that question was answered. The fire alarm and lights went off. We stayed in our room like good little boys and girls. The nurse came in and explained about the practice they do, they call security to tell them the lights and sound work and close all the doors on the floor. Like a run through. She said they gather all the patients that can walk and take them down the stairs. I asked what they would do with people that don't walk and they don't take the elevator. She said they just got this new gadget like a wheel chair only treads like an army tank. They strap the patient in the chair with a head strap too and send them down the stairs. If they need more than one they have an alternative. It is a box shaped like a coffin, with no lid and strap the patient in that and slide them down the stairs. Whee. I'll try to get pictures tomorrow. Any volunteers to test drive them?