One step at a time

Steve is offically in Garden city and in room 135, for those who would like to visit. The visiting hours are from 4to8, due the amount of therapy during hte day. Dinner is usually around 5pm, so he might be in the lunchroom, hang out or stop on by, if he is not in his room.



Andrea and Erica have been by a few times already, and are very careful with their daddy, Andrea has instructed him how to stand up and use his legs again. It was quite funny because she said "they will get wobbly because you are not using them" and then showed him what she meant. I am hoping that seeing them keeps him in good spirits.



We have no idea about prognosis, it depends on many factors, including his strength. Today the PT attempted to get him to stand up using parallel bars, it was not successful, it is painful to put any type of weight on his legs. The strength that it takes to do this and put less than 50% of his weight on only one leg and none on the other is mind boggling. He breaks into a sweat and is breathing as if he just ran a marathon. Truly one step at a time. Maybe he should try Andrea's suggestion, "get on your toes, be a little wobbly and then straighten up."



The girls have decided that if he does not come home soon, we will move in with him. He is in a private room, but it is lacking in space for a family of four.



Kendra