Friday, July 2, 2010

Last night John had a fall - landing on his hip. Thankfully he did not hurt himself. This morning, upon our arrival at Gateway, he fell down very hard on the porch, and this time he has some bruises to prove it - but no broken bones. He was quite shaken by it. Whether that contributed to the rest of the morning or not, I don't know, but he had a misterable time. The meds were not working well, and he spent most of the morning lying on a couch in the student lounge ( which is next to where the conference is being held so he could still hear most of what the speakers where saying.) But he did not want to leave and come home.
In the afternoon we went to the speech therapist at Surrey Hospital. Nahal is a delightful person and seems to enjoy John thoroughly. However, John was still not doing well, and so some of what she was asking him to do - like breathing deeply - he had great difficulty doing because of his condition. She did enjoy his two jokes.
He has a mumber of exercises to do twice each day ( like shouting ahhhh as long and hard as he can). He now has permission to shout at his wife! He also has to bring a song to sing and another joke to tell at his session next week.
By the time we got back to Gateway at 4pm, he was starting to feel better which meant that we were able to stay for supper and the evening session.
So while half the day was a real thumbs down I do have to give a thumbs up for the later part of the day!
I am still amazed at how well he has done in the last three days. I know we are being upheld in much prayer.
Tomorrow is the BBQ and public meeting so please do pray he will be well enough to attend those.