Today I arrived at about 9:30am, and they threw me a curveball by starting PT at 9am.  Normally, it has been at 10, with a few exceptions, and today was one of them.  I decided to wait on the 9th floor for them to come back from the gym and not disturb their work.  When the got back, I found out that David had actually taken some steps, and I missed it!!  I am sure that he will do it again tomorrow, but Amanda the Occupational Therapist told York, the PT that she thought it was unkind of him to have David walk for the one session that I miss.  I say, it doesn’t matter, as long as he took the steps!

I think one of my favorite moments of the day was when David convinced Meliss the nursing assistant to put him back in bed, and York came in and insisted that he get back in the chair for another 45 minutes.  He was probably the most vocal he has been since the stroke trying to convince York that he had stayed up for long enough, but he would have none of it, and David gave in, but watched the clock like a hawk.  At the stroke of 11:15, he had better be moved back into bed, or there would be hell to pay!

We had another visit from Steve O’Keefe with eclairs and cannoli, which he saved for after dinner and ate one of the cannoli with Judy O’Keefe.  We also had visits from UNIS folks at different times through the day, and the group at 6pm had a little concert, which was fun!

I am looking forward to some more steps tomorrow!