Never underestimate the power of prayers!  Gilbert is living proof.

We’ve been home a week now and things are moving rather smoothly, considering this is a new ballgame for the both of us.  Of course our children have still been tremendous.  Whatever I mention I need or would be nice to have, plus things they notice without me even saying anything somehow magically appears.

Our son has worked a miracle.  He transformed what had become a fairly packed storage closet into a ¾ bath complete with commode, roll-in shower and roll-under lavatory.  One of his uncles, Gilbert’s youngest brother, was a big help to him.  Boy was Gilbert surprised when I rolled him back there to see it when we got home.

When we built our house as newlyweds, we thought “why do two people need two baths?”
So we roughed in the plumbing and put a carpet remnant on the floor.  This turned out to be a blessing since the original plans called for a regular shower and lavatory.

Gilbert still has the feeding tube, but is only receiving his meds through it.  This will continue until his swallowing is completely back to normal. His drinks need to be thickened to nectar consistency and his food chopped/soft, but he eats well and feeds himself.  He gets around in a
wheelchair,  but his physical therapist is concentrating on getting him on his feet.

Communication is still frustrating at times, but is progressing.  Hopefully with the aid of speech therapy, this too will come back.

All in all he is still making forward progress.

Once again, my request for you to continue to keep him in your prayers still holds.

Visitors are welcome…you may want to call first to be sure he doesn’t have a therapy planned at the time you wish to come.

Love and thanks for your continued support….

Virginia