Josh had follow up appointments today with two different doctors. First was with the neurologist, he was pleased with the way Josh's arm is healing. He said that it will take some time for the nerves in his arm to grow all of the way back, they grow at a rate of one inch per month. He also wants Josh to have an MRI of his head and c-spine to find out more about his brain injury and his neck. He will go back to see him in a month. He also saw the surgeon Dr Miller, he was very happy with the way Josh is recovering. We talked about some things to watch for in the future and he released him from his care. In between those appointments he had PT and they had him doing things I bet he didn't know he could do. They had him working on his strength on his whole left side. They put straps around his waist and had him bounce on a little trampoline, he had to hop back and forth, they had him jog down the hall and he even skipped. He can't get his feet to far off the ground yet but he got the motions. He is very sore tonight. In between all of that we went to the DMV to get his free parking window hanger, it doesn't seem right to call it a handicap for him, but only for a little while. It comes in handy at the PT building, I think they have more handicap parking than they do regular parking!
It has been a very busy week, the only thing we have left as far as appointments is a wound care in the morning. Over the weekend we have two Christmas parties, it will be good for Josh to be around people. I hope we are all able to catch some Christmas spirit. I was able to move my shelves out of Josh's shop tonight. Thanks to my Dad for helping me get my garage painted and for bringing paint, paper, tape and Shirley to help . It looks so nice, I almost don't want to put anything back in it! I hope now that Josh will have the space he needs to get his drums set up and be able to start playing. It will be a good project for Brayd to help him with. Josh's mood has been good today, he has been positive, I think hearing the doctors tell him good things helped a lot. I know he thinks about the long term affects and where he will be when he is healed as much as he is going to be. It has been said many times that it will be a year before he gets to that point. In the meantime he will work hard to get to that point. Thanks to everyone who has helped him on his journey so far, much love, Denise
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