You are probably all bored with hearing progress notes, but the news continues to be good, so I want to share it. We are now at the point where Jerry takes care of almost all of his own needs and is even helping with a few things around the house. He is much steadier on his feet, although still has to walk a little slow or he lists to one side or the other. Yesterday, he walked all the way to the chicken coop and fed the chickens. He said it took him a long time with stops to rest, but he was very pleased to have done this chore again. He is down from 12 pain pills a day to only needing 8 yesterday, so in all ways progress continues to happen. He is still struggling with short term memory and regularly thinks things have happened when they didn't, but these are less frequent all the time.
Jimmy has moved to a different home now, and I am ashamed to admit that he is not missed. He was a very challenging boy and made life unpleasant for everyone. Will and Forrest were practically silly last night, they were so glad to be out from under this perpetual cloud. I think I must work very hard to improve my christian attitude the next time one of these challenging boys live at our house.
The bad news is that Will is leaving soon (probably this week or next). And noone is happy about that (especially not Will). He will leave a huge empty spot when he is gone, he has been a pleasure to have around and we have come to love him.
Such great news about dad! It's so great that he is able to get up and about and do some of the things he wants to!!! Don't stop posting updates . . . especially if they are this good! My family loves to hear them.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry that Will is leaving. Be sure to give yourself time to grieve for him. I'm sure it will be hard. Do you get to keep in touch with him after he leaves?
We will be able to keep in touch with him and visit him. He can come and see us when we have respite, but he can't come to our house unless the other boys are gone.
ReplyDeleteTo bad to hear that Will is leaving. But life just goes that way sometimes. Glad to hear that Dad is doing so much better. He was commenting to me on tuesday that he was going to rent a backhoe when I come down next month so that we could have a little fun. (I wondered what you would think of that) :)
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I can safely say that the backhoe is a good idea. If you give me the dates, I will try to arrange respite. Mom
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