It's been a good week here. On Monday, Mark received the new Sikorsky Air Combat Flight Award for 500 combat hours. He actually had close to 800 combat hours in Iraq, but the award is given at 100, 500, and 1000 hours. He also received the Good Conduct Medal. They were presented at a very nice ceremony which was attended by our family, our good friend Olga, and all of our new friends from the hospital including patients, family members, nurses, and therapists. Also in attendance were service members from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. We had dinner out which was fun for Mark on a "school night" since Rich and Peter left for home yesterday morning. 
Mark had his usual round of therapies today, but his afternoon OT session consisted of baking a wonderful lemon cream cake in one of the practice apartments here at the hospital. He went to the supermarket yesterday for the supplies, and tackled the recipe with the aid of his therapist Earlene early this afternoon. It was happily consumed by patients, families and staff at the evening recreational session and was enjoyed by all. Mark was extremely proud of the fact that he hasn't forgotten how to cook!
4 comments:
Congratulations, Mark!! What a great accomplishment. Well done!
Spoke with your Dad in church today and it was good to see him. Glad to hear that your improvement continues. Keep up the good work.
Ted Neale
Mark we all think you are doing such a wonderful job. You show the drive and desire that we all wish we had. Your friends here at 3-4 AVN continue to pray and wish the best for you. Take care and God's speed, SSG Dawson
Congratulations from all of us back in Oz...we are very proud of you !!!!
We also look forward to tasting some lemon cream cake one of these days real soon .xx
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