Wow! Great job on the hair cut, Andy!
Scott here. Sarah and I drove out today and found Mike wide awake and bored. We both said ‘hey’ and Sarah had to go fill out some paperwork to hopefully get some assistance for disability, etc… I’m sure that it wasn’t a pretty situation on that end but while she was going through that rigmarole hopping through the hoops of paperwork Mike and I had a good hour and fifteen minutes of quality time.
I’ll write more tomorrow, but I know that if Foghorn Leghorn saw me right now he would tell me that I’m about as “…sharp as a bowlin’ ball…” so I’m heading out.
In other words… STAY TUNED!
OK, I’m back! So, Mike was showing good development (still miles and miles and miles to go) and was sitting up n his wheel chair instead of laying in his bed. Every once in a while he would get stuck repeating things like directions. Asking a lot of questions gave the result that I think he basically wants to come home. He got frustrated when I had to tell him that this isn’t going to happen any time soon but if he keeps up with his therapy he will expedite his healing.
Mike is gaining weight and eating a lot so he is looking much better. He said that day before yesterday they had him standing up for about one minute (with assistance) but that is a good step forward. He can’t really sit up on his own so trying to rearrange himself in his chair reqires assistance.
He is loving having his glasses and was talking about the television shows that he watches. I’m not familiar with them so that conversation wasn’t very enlightening. Let me see…what else…OH! This was funny. Sarah was holding his hand and when she made a note that he had put on some weight and touched his arm he pulled up his sleeve and did a He-Man bicep flex for her! HAhahaha! It was awesome!
Mike really would like to get more visitors so please, folks, go see him. It will mean a lot more to him than it will cost you in money or time.
I don’t know if there are any more benefits coming up but I hope we can get something going. Sarah doesn’t want to say anything but I know she is having a hard time coming up with mortgage $, gas $, insurance, etc… and she really appreciates and needed the help everyone has offered in the past. The nature of Mike’s injuries are not short term. I wish I could say that they are, but Mike really has a very long road ahead of him.