Its been a while, Mom's update tonight sounds good to me guys, keep up the prayers.
Thanks
Matt has accomplished A LOT since Wednesday! Matt can move his head up and down for YES - he can move his entire right hand and arm! His right toes are starting to move too! Emileigh and Matt played 'rock-paper-scissors' last night. I think I've said this before - but, it's so worth saying again and again, Emileigh is Matt's best therapist! She does an AWESOME JOB working with him and making him laugh!
Here is how each day is for Matt:
Between 7 & 8 am the Doctors come around and check on Matt, ask questions, see what new moves he can make, meds, etc...
Before 9:00 am he is in his wheel chair ready for Occupational Therapy & Speech Therapy 10:00 - 11:00 - Physical Therapy 11:00 - 11:30 - School Break At 1 or 2 pm Matt has Occupational Therapy again for an hour! After that - it's Physical Therapy again for an hour! Every other day Matt has: Music and Pet Therapy and then an activity with the Child Life Specialist. In between all of the above are check-in's from the nurses to give him meds, food, etc.. and Bob, Emileigh and I work with him on different tasks! He is ready to fall asleep around 8:30 or 9:00.
Today for Physical Therapy, Matt was on the 'tilt' table - which helps him be upright safely! He got to play Wii! He played baseball! Did a great job considering we do not have a Wii and it is AMAZING THERAPY! Really works his arms, hand / eye coordination, it's FUN too!
We are all working on helping Matt talk. We are having a contest on what word he is going to say 1st - of course, we all want him to say our names - but, deep down, the word we would like him to say first is MATT!!!!!!!!!!!! He's got the puckering down, and can wrap his lips around a straw, even makes sounds - he needs to be able to do more before he can eat solid foods.
Today during his break, we watched Star Wars (Return of the Jedi)! I forgot how much I liked that movie!
Tonight is Bob's night! He got to the hospital earlier than usual so that he and Matt could watch Monday Night Football together!
Want to say 'thanks' to our family and friends who have visited Matt in the hospital, it means so much to Matt and US! Looks like it's going to be about 2 more weeks before Matt can come home. The Doctors and Therapists are seeing improvement and they want to keep him there a little longer to continue working with him.
