Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Mia called me this morning on her way to the hospital and said that Gary is still doing fine. He is a little anemic which is expected since he's been in bed for almost two months. He is not at the point of treatment yet, but the doctors are watching him closely. They feel that he'll correct it on his own.

Gary is eating soft foods such as Jello, cream of wheat, puddings, etc. He's also still being given the tube feedings so he's not always hungry when they try to feed him. He's doing well with his therapies. He sat up on the side of the bed for 15 minutes yesterday. However, he did get tired and his heart rate went up which is also expected due to his being in bed for so long.

He has periods where he doesn't seem to know who people are and at other times he's very aware of friends and family and enjoys them being there. All in all, he's still progressing very well and seems to want to get up and get out of there. Mia said today that he will have to be able to take 90 minutes of physical therapy before he can be transferred from the present rehabilitation hospital to a regular rehab.

Please keep praying for both him and Mia. Thank you so much!

Bill and Nancy

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