The weekend was wonderful and HOT! Mark had pool therapy on Saturday and was able to stand in the pool for a few minutes with the therapists help. They want to start him on the stationery bike and the treadmill that are in the pool. He's looking forward to that.
We had a van again from our good friends at Ride-Away so we were able to get out and about. Saturday was very warm, with the thermometer in the car hovering around 98 degrees. Mark had a craving for pancakes so we went out to lunch where he had his fill of banana crunch pancakes and milk. Then we went to International Mall here in Tampa for a few hours and he enjoyed two servings of gelato! Back home he continued his eat-fest and had dinner here at the house with Jess and I.
Sunday we ventured over to Safety Harbor and Phillippe Park. It's a lovely spot on the bay and has lots of shade. Despite that we only stayed about 45 minutes and left because it was too warm for all of us. We moved on to Wal-Mart and gave Jess the tour. She mentioned she had never been in a Wal-Mart and wanted to see what it was all about.
Today when I got to the hospital after turning in the van, Mark was in therapy. I later found out that he wheeled himself down to morning PT. He's obviously getting better and better at moving himself in the wheelchair as long as he has his cast off. His wrist is already looking better after only three days. The nurses thought one of the therapists had taken him and the therapist had thought one of the nurses had taken him down. He later said if he had known, he would have kept going!
Monday, June 9, 2008
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Hey, up to trickery are you? Those nurses will wise up and soon understand that once you are on the loose....look out. Glad to hear the wrists are straighter! I would imagine that you will be able to move the wheel chair even more with the wrists in better shape. They are gonna have to put a bike look on the wheel chair.
Ann, Barbara Zimmerman (she had your son in class) would like you to email her. We bumped into one another at graduation. She would like you to email her at zimmerman@strongnet.org Thanks.
Well done Mark ,sounds like you are not going to staying put for anyone or anything .....
Keep up your good work.
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