Another good day. Don and Shirley left about 1:30 and called about 6:30 to let us know they had made it home. I am so grateful to them for coming for the week-end. I really needed the break from the hospital, not to mention the free time to take care of some things.

Physical Therapy came in this afternoon, which is unusual for a week-end. But I had voiced my concerns about Bill's leg to Dr. Yip again and our nurse this morning noticed this morning how unresponsive it it at times. They walked with him with a walker and said that the right leg is definitely weaker than the left but he also thought it was due to the numbness in his thigh. He said it's like walking when you leg is asleep. The stumbling gait and scissoring motion is because he can't feel if his leg is responding to the command to move. Mom, you know what that is like!So, we will definitely come home with a walker and they want him either using a regular walker or a podium walker. They also said that they would rather he walk 10 short walks, even if it is out of his room to the other side of the wall and back again than to try to walk "the circuit". This evening his walk was with a podium walker to the nurses station and back and he was much more stable.

His O2 is down to 1/2 liter when resting and 1 1/2 when he's walking so hopefully by the end of the week we will be coming home, or really close to it. He's really wanting to get out of the hospital, but he really wants to be HOME home, not here. He misses Ron's dog Buddy!

All for tonight. Washing up his shorts that he's wearing under his hospital gown, eating dinner and then going to bed. Goodnight everyone!