And he's walking!!

The Physical Therapist was here. After doing some tests she thought she would have him try sitting. When she saw how well he did with sitting she let him stand. He had good balance and strength so she let him walk with a walker. He walked down the hall and back and did really well. The only problem was that he would get a little tired and would loose his grip with his right hand without realizing it. When he got back to the room he didn't want to get back in bed so we got him all situated in a chair. He sat in the chair for a couple of minutes and realized he needed to pee so he got up and walked to the toilet! Yay!! He is doing so well. We still have a long road ahead of us but this is better then we hoped for. I'm excited to see where he is at in a month. Just as we were finishing up with physical therapy the speech therapist arrived. She gave him some ice chips, sips of water and some applesauce. He was able to chew and swallow with no problem. The only concerning thing was that he can't swallow on command. They will work with him more tomorrow. At the end of all of this the nurse started Dad on Heperin. A blood thinner just so he won't develops any clots since he is not that mobile. He is still very emotional but We had a lot of progress today. Wouldn't it be awesome if tomorrow was the same.