Today was very quiet.  David had a visitor (a UNIS family) before I got to the hospital – thanks for the pajamas! We had a PT/OT session and his therapist said she wanted him to sit up for 1.5 hours, and getting him to sit for 1.25 hours was like pulling teeth.  Karen Lerner, the Head of the Music Department from UNIS stopped by with gifts in hand, and I am guessing that David must have told her about his obsession with the 2000 Year Old Man, because she brought the CD of this classic Mel Brooks/Carl Reiner series of albums, if not – great choice Karen.  Since I have know David, he has quoted stories from this album, and I can’t wait to sit and listen with him.

After lunch, I took a short break and he took a nap, and when I got back we had two friends from UNIS – Hilary and Marjorie.  Marjorie is a regular visitor, and I haven’t seen Hilary since visiting Rosalind years ago.  Both were very nice visits, Hilary brought some beautiful sunflowers and peaches, that David had for dessert with the Chicken Provençal that I made for his dinner.  Marjorie brought a nice piece of halva, which we look forward to trying tomorrow.  I also got an order of cookies from Vermont Moonlight Cookies (the place that provided dessert for our wedding) yesterday, and David had some of the ginger chews and the nurses were thrilled to have a variety of other cookies!

Weekends are proving to be difficult because it falls to me to fill in the work that isn’t being done by his regular therapists.  He only gets 1/2 hour per day as opposed to the 3 hours per day he gets from Monday through Friday.  We did some reading work and some work with his leg – stretching and strength work.  I am afraid I am not as inspiring or more importantly, as intimidating as York, Amanda, Liat or Steph, so I don’t get an hour out of David.  In the old days, he could talk me into going out to get ice cream at ungodly hours when I knew it was not good for him or me, and now he can get me to let him rest and relax, rather than work, even though he needs to.  He is very charming, even without his speech.