I don't remember where we were in telling about my dad's progress the last time so I may repeat myself. Just in case you didn't catch the post where I told what happened, my 85 year old father was trying to get a pickup to stop rolling backwards by pushing on the brake with his hand. As the open door began to push against him, he fell backwards and the front driver's side wheel rolled up on his right leg, across his body, ribcage/chest, shoulder, neck, and across the side of his head causing multiple broken bones, cuts and abrasions, as it went. That occurred on August 22. He spent a little over two weeks in the hospital experiencing several surgical procedures. He now is in a rehab/critical care hospital. He no longer has any staples, stitches, or bandages. He is well enough to be walking between parallel bars during physical therapy every day, using a real toilet, sitting up for several hours in the wheelchair, and has a doodad on the trach tube that allows him to talk. It is especially hard for him because they had to wire his mouth shut because his lower jaw is broken in two places. So the trach gives them access if he needed help to breathe. He has a stomach tube that is feeding him. Everyone is so amazed at his progress. I know that the days ahead are still going to be difficult.
I think I shocked him today. I took Smokey, my miniature silver poodle up to visit him. We were aprehensive about how Smokey would behave but he did very well. There was a lady who asked if we would come to visit her sister in the room next to my dad. The young lady has maybe muscular distrophy and is in a pretty bad way. But she loved to see and pet the dog. He licked her fingers when she tried to pet him.
Thanks to all of you who expressed concern and are praying for him. He was amazed to receive a handmade get well card from Krista in Canada. What a sweet heart.
