Thursday, February 3, 2011

time to blow this popsicle stand

Today we leave the hotel and spend our last few days with dad's friend Robert.
We have been spending our days with dad as he does his physio and recovers and rests.
We have met so many people here who either have MS or love someone with MS.
Like I said before, the people we have met are so positive and haapy dispite the physical troubles they have.
Dad is doing really good. He has seem many improvments since the surgery.
Some of the improvments are-
   No more headaches
   Better muscle controll
   He can cross and uncross his legs again
   He has better strength in his legs
   His finger and hand dexterity are back
Some of the things we have seen in others are similar and also very different. Such as we met a girl who is 40 who hasn't been able to feed herself in 2 years and the day after her surgery she fed herself breakfast and wheeled her wheel chair.
We met a girl who hasn't been able to see properly in many years, also 42 years old. Her vision is not double anymore and she can see clearly. She said her head felt clear again. Dad also talked about his head feeling clearer and not so heavy.
We have seen people who haven't walked in 2 years standing and taking many steps with a little help.
Dad had 80% blockage in both his jugular veins. They did 2 balloons, one in each to clear the blockage.
They do not do stints on veins.
Dad is doing squats every day. Also they have him doing step-ups onto a wooden step. He  does sets of 15 each leg.he also rides a bike 10-15 minutes a day during physio.
They work him hard for about an hour. At first he couldn't walk back to the room after physio as his legs where so tired and he was just done. Today he walked out on his own. What a difference 1 week of physio has made.
All in all, he is very happy and doing very well. We think he will continue to make improvements every day.
Yesterday we went to Cafe Britt and dad came with for a ride. We walked around the coffee plantation and bought a bunch of coffee. Today we will go and see more of the country.
Thanks for all the prayers

Will post more pictures soon.

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