Monday, May 4, 2009

Longer Walk

The physical therapist stopped by this morning. Pa was able to walk 4-5x longer today than he did yesterday. They also did some exercises, especially on his right side. Later on the speech therapist stopped by to evaluate Pa's swallowing. It was borderline passing, and the pulmonologist doesn't think Pa should be taking anything by mouth just yet. So the feeding tube stays, and the speech therapist will try again tomorrow. In the afternoon, the occupational therapist stopped by. She concentrated on working Pa's right side. In between all these, Pa either slept on the bed or sat up on the chair. He's able to sit up for longer periods and more frequently without getting tired.

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