November 26th, 2008 pm

Hello all, it is Scott again. It's 8:39 pm. First of all I want to thank my son Alex for his blog last night. I too was touched by his words to his Mom. It made me realize just how proud we are of our kids. I always new they we great kids, but when a event like this happens to a family, the best of everyone just shines through. Your Mom and I love you both very much. Mary had another pretty decent day today. She had about 3 hours of total rehab today ending at about 2:30 pm. She didn't walk with her therapist as much today, but she did do some other things that worked her pretty hard. She went up and down a few steps today, and really did pretty well. Her left leg started hurting her though, so she had to quit. I obviously am not a doctor, but I think her left leg hurting, is good. I would think that her having the feeling going up to her brain saying Hey, something down there is working and hurting, is a good thing. But, that's just me thinking. She also did quite bit of time on the hand bike, (this is kind of like pedaling a bike with your hands), and I thought she did well. They have to strap her left hand on the pedal with and elastic bandage to hold it on. But, when they had her try to pedal with just her left arm, she was actually able to go about 3 or 4 revolutions without help. She had to work her but off to do it though. The therapist thought that was really good and so did I. Mary has been insisting on talking to the doctor about a day pass to go home for Thanksgiving tomorrow. She got to talk to him today, and to no surprise, she was denied the pass. He told her she just wasn't strong enough yet to make such a long trip home. Needless to say, she was very disappointed. Although alot of out family is coming to the facility for a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, she wants to be home. The doctor guesses she will be here about 2 more weeks. That's just a guess though. She will be evaluated on her progress after this week. Today has been one full week since Mary has been here. Even I can see the progress that she has made in that time. It's hard to say where she will be in 2 more weeks. If she keeps working hard, and I hope she will, I really feel that her strength and stamina will increase dramatically. There is nothing I want more than for Mary to function as close to normal as possible when she gets home. She is definitely headed in the right direction. I hope that all of you that are reading this have a wonderful Thanksgiving day tomorrow. I am truly thankful that we have such great group of friends that are so caring and loving to our family. Thank you all. You have made this ordeal much easier. But obviously, most of my thanks this year is that we will celebrate the day with our whole family. It doesn't matter where we are celebrating, what matters is that we have our Mary with us. It will be a happy Thanksgiving. You have one too. Thanks.