Today he went back to work. Fifteen patients showed up. Busy day. He plans to stick to his old schedule of 5 hours a day, 4 days a week. Ma & Tito Lum helped out at the office.
Leg
He can walk without a cane. His balance isn't quite there yet (he can't stand on one leg), but it's improving.
Arm
- He can drive. Ma insists that he stay off the freeway for now.
- He can play the piano, kind of. Nothing like before. He can do octaves and can play only two notes at a time. But he practices daily and is steadily improving. The arthritis in his fingers is getting to be a problem though.
- He can write slowly. Uppercase printing is fine. Cursive writing isn't legible yet.
- His swallowing is back to normal. The feeding tube was taken out two weeks ago. It hadn't been used in a month.
- He still has facial droop. This is the most visible sign of his stroke and may never go away entirely. He will get speech therapy for this.
- Speech is still a little slurred due to the facial droop.
Update on Ma
Ma is on physical therapy for her legs. She walks so slowly and with a cane. We're hoping therapy will make a difference. She used to have numbness in her legs, but it went away after she started exercising.
