Mom's Email Update

From: Cleo 8/11/05

The halo is gone! It was removed on Tues. He still has to wear a plastic and foam collar until the next dr visit, but the therapist is calling to see if he has to wear it 24/7 or just when he is in wheelchair.

He now weighs 175, just before the accident he was grumbling that he was 212 and needed to lose.

He has been upgraded to eating soft-mechanical (course chopped). He is starting to take his meds crushed and mixed with apple sauce so the feeding tube will be the next to go.

He did so much better in therapy today. They had him trying to take steps in the parallel bars, but his right foot turns in and he is very weak on that side, but the left side is strong and the control seems to be getting a little better all the time. He still can't use the right arm and hand and as with the leg and foot, the left doesn't have alot of control yet, so he has to be fed.

I feed him breakfast, stay for therapy, feed him lunch and he is ready for a nap so I go home until time for dinner.

The move is coming along, I moved to Art's house last Thurs. Will be finishing the move this month.

As always, Thank God for the work that has been done in Jerry and ask for more.