Funniest story since Gary got to rehab. Alyssa posted it as a facebook status that her "daddy was going to rehab". There were many thumbs up and "Awesome" comments, but one of her friends said, "HOW IS THIS A GOOD THING???" (She thought he was going to jail.) Guess she'd been missing all the other posts we had made.:)
Gary had 2 1/2 hours of physical therapy today. He said the first hour went well, but he was too tired to do well during the 2nd hour. 30 minutes was just standing up and sitting down from the side of the bed. The dizziness is what is overwhelming him right now.
Speech therapy and swallowing went well...more pudding and orange julius, plus the electrical stimulation. Alyssa and I took him on a wheelchair walk around the hospital and ran into Phil. We sat there for about 20-30 minutes visiting and when we got back to the room we realized that he was swallowing the entire time because he didn't have to use suction.
He was so incredibly tired that once he got back to bed, he immediately fell asleep. We kissed him goodnight and left at 7:30. I have to say that both Alyssa and I had a weird feeling today, getting back to a semi-normal schedule and only sitting with Gary for a short period of time.
I won't write every day now, especially as there will be a lot of repetition during rehab. Feel free to visit him 4-8 any day, plus I'm pretty sure that most of Sunday will be open. I can't even begin to thank you all for your prayers and support.
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