Today I got up early so when BaBa arrived, he could get David up and ready for our lunch date with Marjorie.  We headed up her apartment at 11:30, and had a great visit and lunch.  David was more captivated than I thought he would be by her cat, and we had a terrific visit.  We left at about 1pm to head to the Ambulatory Care Center at NYU (ACC – I have been calling it RUSK, but that isn’t what it is called)  We had a good half hour with Caroline, and she worked on David putting more weight on his right leg.  He is still very hesitant, but is working hard.  After our half hour, we went to the Gym class with Paul.  Basically, Paul works with four patients, and sets each up on a machine to work on, and moves between them to check in, and move as needed.  I think this will be very beneficial for David.  He was on a sort of stationary bike, and he pedaled for a little over 1/4 hour.

Next to where he was pedaling, there was a woman who was working with a PT, and it is good to see that even without speaking, David can get his displeasure across.  She was arguing with the PT about what she was feeling and whether it was a nerve problem or muscle strain. The PT was very nicely trying to explain that while she may have thought that her nerve was being pulled or twisted, that it was simply not possible, and she was mistaken, it was the muscle.  She snapped at him and said, don’t tell me what it is, I have an MPH.  He was calmer and cooler than I would have been.  I think my response would have been, “I guess you don’t need me then, right?”  David rolled his eyes and burst out laughing.  She shot a disapproving look in our direction and continued lecturing her PT, and he just got quiet.

We got home and David took a nap, and then at 6pm, Susan came and we went out to dinner at Méli, a beautiful Greek restaurant east of Fifth on 35th.  We had not been, but I have seen it on our strolls down Fifth and now glad that we tried it.  Very nice, big, bright modern room, and the food was great.  I had a tomato/feta salad that reminded me so much of a lunch we had on Santorini!  David had a beet salad that looked delicious and lamb shank that I tasted, and was delicious.  Anyway, it was a great meal, and David was very pleased when we got home because he was able to communicate very well with Susan.  Thanks to both Susan and Marjorie for getting us out of the house twice today!

Tonight, I got an email from the swim instructor from the building, and tomorrow afternoon and Saturday morning, we are going into the pool!  I am excited almost more than David is, but he is pretty excited!  More and more, better and better!