Sonic Double Cheese Burger with Bacon Please

     Grandpa K was still abed when I arrived today. It is a non showering day so they let him sleep in.

      We finally roused him out of bed and headed for breakfast in the dining area. He had a biscuit, 2 sausages, scrambled eggs that looked like they scooped them with an ice cream scoop and some cooked taters. The taters were supposed to be hash browns but they were more like baked taters. His liquid vibrations were milk, 2% and some orange juice.

     A nice young man is doing his internship and wants to use us as his case study he will be back later to ask us some questions for his report. He will be an ENT, (ears, nose and throat) he said he did interviews last week and Missouri was the best place he liked. A small town of 100,000 with a trauma center was looking good to him.

    OT was stretching Grandpa Ks arms out with a pillow he puts each hand on the pillow in front of him and pushed til his arms are straight. 

     PT, Patty and Todd were ranging his legs on the mat in the gym. She talked to us about an electric wheel chair with wheels in the middle instead of the front, so he can see which type he prefers. 

     Back to the room to get ready for wound lady, Candy. 

     He gobbled down a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and chicken noodle poop, I mean soup, with a side dish of fresh fruit, grapes, sliced oranges, strawberries and sliced watermelon. He said the strawberries tasted like strawberries and the grapes were really dark and sweet. The water melon was not so good. 

   Candy the wound nurse says his wound is 95% ready to go, so by Monday he will be able to go swimming!

   A helicopter just came in. Heard two Brahms lullabies. 

    PT found a wheelchair with a middle wheel so we tried it. It has a smaller turn radius so it will be better for our home. They had him practice leaning forward and catching himself. Then they put him back in bed and had him practice pulling himself into a sitting position. Patty showed him how to sit up from his side and move his legs to the floor with the idea he could then do a transfer to a chair.

     A practice board.

    Stretching

 OT did the left hand in wax and stretched the right hand. 

    Sandy and Cindy the recreational therapists kidnapped us. We went in the minivan to the Robison's home to see if we could maneuver and get Bruce there for Christmas dinner. We did it! They have a portable ramp for one stair that they used. She said she would see if she can drop us off for two hours or she would stay and eat with us.

     I love how the ramp comes down.

     Sandy is directing him into the van because he can't see the wheels on the wheelchair.

She also said we could go look at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve that is a family tradition. She took us to Sonic on the way home and Bruce ordered a double bacon cheese burger and a root beer. 

     We wore him out. He is resting.

     Jon and Angela Hanley and a granddaughter stopped by with a small hand painted by Jon original snow shovel! Ta da I have always wanted a John Hanley original. He said they were moving in the spring. Bah humbug. Why is change so difficult? Who said the only thing constant is change?