What a great day!

Shawn has been working hard this morning! In the past hour he has undergone physical therapy and has completed his swallow test. Phyisical therapy went great, they stood him up and got him out of bed today. They helped him walk from his bed to the hospital hallway and back to his bed. This pretty much wore him out since he has not been out of bed in over a week. He also was able to push resistance back on his right leg when the therapist had his leg up to a straight position which is something he has not done yet. He will get feeling and movement back in his leg before he will his arm from what everyone tells us of patients who have a stroke and lose feeling in one side of their body. Right after phyisical therapy the speech therapist came in and performed the swallow test on shawn to see if he was ready to eat and drink. Shawn did remarkably better than he did a week ago today. He swallowed everything well all except water. Shawn is now allowed to eat and drink ( only nectar (thicker) type liquids). We are just waiting on the gastro. doctor to determine what kind of diet he can have with his pancriatitis still continuing to recover. Most likely they will start him out on a clear liquid diet and if that progreses well he will be able to introduce other foods into his diet, but as far as the speech therapist is concerned he is good to go with all foods and hopefully water, sodas, and tea in a few days! Way to go Shawn I am so proud of you today! You are making so many steps in the right direction to recovery!!