July 31 – Update

Little changes – some feeling on his right foot and a little movement.  He is able to copy text, but not write on his own.

Alex arrived this morning and while David couldn’t understand why he came to visit, he added two new words to his vocabulary – I know.  We had a very long visit with him and he wanted desperately to tell us some joke, words failed him – something I never thought I would EVER say about David.  He thought it was funny though!  So, we play a cruel game of charades, where many gestures have nothing to do with the meaning behind them.  It is incredibly frustrating for him, but his spirits are still good, and he is eager to begin working on the rehab.

He had a session with the speech therapist, but still can’t swallow, so they are going to put a “PEG” into his stomach so he can get food.  This is a tube that is surgically inserted into his belly that will be able to be removed one he is able to swallow.  The therapist told me that often it takes some therapy to learn to swallow again after a stroke and she expects that it will become part of his rehabilitation.  Once the “PEG” is done, he will be ready to begin the process of transferring to a rehab center.  It looks like he will be going to one of two in NYC – either the Hospital for Joint Diseases or the Rusk Institute – both part of NYU Medical Center.
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I spoke to the nurse in the ICU, and she said that she doesn’t think that he will have the procedure tonight, but it will be tomorrow morning.  Before we left tonight, they did remover the feeding tube, which he was finding very irritating.

I am heading to bed, and I hope that folks who are reading this find it helpful. Also, please make any comments you like – questions, suggestions, or anything you like.  I will try, and you might think of something that I haven’t, or just have forgotten to include here.