This past week

From Nancy:

A week of Steve holding onto the progress he's made in weaning off  the vent and also gaining more use of his eyes. It means so much to be able to look into them as we "talk/spell."

He sat in the "sling chair" again which allows him to recline as much as he needs to. He was able to sit by the window with the aid of a portable ventilator and he went two hours this time! They will probably offer this twice a week, increasing how erectly he sits.  

Another highlight was tasting food for the first time since this ordeal began. It was orange sherbet and while he can't swallow yet and it has to be "retrieved" by speech therapist Lindsay, Steve enjoyed it so much.

Tim was here for two days and covered a lot of ground between visiting his dad, taking his sweet mom out for a belated Mothers Day dinner, and helping at the condo. Leaking faucets fixed! Storage shed is emptied! And all of Steve's woodworking equipment is stored in Ricks dad's barn.

Thank you, Tim and Rick Thomas, for some hot, heavy labor that postponed a decision that is Steve's to make.....when he is ready:). Also, thank you, Dave Giegler, for phase 1 of emptying the storage shed:)

Friends and family, you continue to make this dark time shot through with sunshine!