Friday March 5, 2010

Last night after a very nice leg massage by Ty and Alyssa, Dad was able to eat two cubes of orange Jello, apple juice and for dessert a few bites of vanilla ice cream. It is nice to be able to see him eat, especially since he's been patting his stomach whenever the subject of food comes up.

Physical Therapy came this morning and were able to get Dad to stand .... twice!! Amazing. He just barely ate lunch and actually ate quite a bit, there was some Tomato Soup (which he wasn't very fond of), Red Jello (He ate all of that), Vanilla Pudding (ate two bites of this), and drank a cup a milk. He's really enjoying the foot rubs and food. Hopefully soon he will be able to eat even more. He is really craving steak, and has told us multiple times that he wants to go to Maddox, in Brigham City for some nice meat and rolls. The nurses told him they would gladly puree him some, he shook his head and said with a smile on his face, "That completely defeats the purpose." so he is working hard to be able to go to Ty and Shayne's games and eat some nice hardy food.

They put little socks on his feet so when he stands he won't slip and to our surprise he hasn't wanted us to take them off, which if anyone knows my dad he likes his feet exposed, he even shovels snow in sandals and shorts. He is also moving his left side more then he was, the physical therapists are happy about this, he even reached up his left arm to his face this morning to take care of an itch. So all in all today has been a very good day!

Thank you all so much for your support!

Love

Alyssa and Jocelyn