Tuesday

I have to first correct the room number from yesterday they moved us to room 5679 instead of 5677. This room is not near as nice or big as the other room but hopefully we will not be here much longer!! Shawn had a good night last night he slept better than he has the past few nights, the only thing that kept us awake was the IV machines beeping!! Last night I think I reached my delirious point, as you all know from yesterday's post Shawn passed his swallow test which allowed him to eat/drink. At dinner time we knew he would finally get a tray of food and we also were prepared for a liquid diet, well five o'clock rolled around and they brought Shawn a tray of "two juice boxes"!! Yes that was all that was on the tray, it hit me a couple of hours later how ridiculously funny this was that all that they brought him on the tray was juice boxes!!

Moving on to today, it is going to be a busy day! Shawn is doing well, he is getting better and stronger everyday! Today is the first time since we have been here that he has actually wanted to see himself in the mirror! He brushed his own teeth, and he had me shave his face! He just got through with physical therapy for the day. They got him out of bed again and he walked almost twice the distance as he did yesterday, assisted of course! His strength in his right leg is improving every day!! Speech therapy will be around sometime today! Shawn is pretty worn out from getting out of the bed! This afternoon between 2 and 3 a representative from the Shepard Center will be here to evaluate Shawn to see if he will be a candidate for their rehab program!! I will post a blog tonight and let you know how it goes!! Thanks again for all your consistent thoughts and prayers!! Joanne