I Peter 5:7

News From Ken:

Hi Everybody,

When I visited Tim today, he seemed tired. I tried to get there in time to talk with the doctor, but I found that they come earlier on Saturday.

He is moving his right arm more now. And he is definitely able to talk. But his throat is still sore.

But he seems to be having memory problems. When I first came in today, there was a Speech Therapist talking to him. She was asking him simple questions. He seemed to be having problems answering them.

At first I thought he was just messing around. But as I watched, it seemed that he was genuinely having to think a little before answering the questions. "Do you peel a banana before eating it?" I thought he was going to give a snappy answer because he was taking so long. But I don't think he did (give a snappy answer). I didn't hear that answer very well.

He still seems a little frustrated. I asked if he could handle a book if I brought it in. He said no.

I don't know how much of this you want to put on the blog.

Thank you,

Ken

More the next day:

I've been printing out the blog comments and taking them to him.

They moved him yesterday to room 711. That is out of the Critical Care unit, but on the same floor.

His doctor called yesterday. She said that Tim is doing better than they expected. So even though I came away from visiting him kinda disappointed, the doctors aren't! She didn't have any problem with the way he is now, she was optimistic with the way he is recovering from the stroke.

I guess most people with a stroke like Tim's would be doing much worse at almost 2 weeks after the stroke.

Praise the Lord!

Ken

I Peter 5:7