Steve has had a good week. He is tested every day on how much he can breathe in and out and has been doing great, steadily improving. With this objective measure, Dr. Krause and pulmonologists decided to give him opportunity to try the trach collar once again. It has been since mid October that he was on it, before he got the pneumonia and had to spend time in ICU. Today he was on the trach collar 2 hours when I was there and was still on it when I left.
Steve also has done very well in his PT/OT sessions this last week, hitting 30 minutes sitting on the side of the bed and doing modified “pushups” where he leans back against the therapists hands and then pulls himself upright while sitting on the side of the bed.
Today I was shown two exercises to help Steve with his legs. He is able to fire up enough hip/thigh muscle for me to be able to help him bend his legs and move them a short distance side to side. I hold them, but the movement is him.
He practices trying to fire up muscles in his forearms and hands and sometimes we see small movements. Praying for more!
Thank you so much for your continued prayers and continuing to follow on the blog. The visits are also so welcome. I’ve needed to cut back on visiting every day and now take two days per week to “take care of myself.”
Love,
Nancy and Steve
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