Back To Work

Well Matt is back at the hospital after a weekend in Weekes. Little bittersweet. It was a tough trip emotionally and physically. The ride is very bumpy and the weather wasn't great. His neck was sore all weekend and is feeling fresh pain after the trip back to Saskatoon. Wasn't able to have any rehab today becasue they didn't get back until the afternoon. Matt is visiting with a fellow patient who fractured his lower back and couldn't talk tonight.
I think Matt finds it hard to go back home. The reality is too much to take at times and he really wants to go downstairs to see his room, his things. Hopefully we can rig something up so next time he can get downstairs.
Matt made a few trips to the Golden Age to play crib. Dad had to push Matt in the small manual wheelchair to do this, because the way in is too narrow for the big cadillac. Matt had one small misshap. When taking him into the house from uptown, he slide out of the chair onto the floor. He is just too big for that little chair!! Good thing they were already in the house and quickly went and got the lift to get him back up.
Mom says when doing exercises this weekend, she saw a noticeable difference in the strength of his left arm. He can bend it more easily, and does it without thinking about it so much. It has a long way to go, but it is coming!! Most C-spine injuries have very little if no progress after 8 months post-injury, but Matt keeps blowing that theory out of the water! To get movement back in a limb so long after injury is just truly amazing and we Thank God everyday for each tiny miracle. So far to go yet, but we are more than half way there!
Please pray for continued healing and a rejuvanation of spirit to continue the battle. An uplifting of spirits is always welcome for anyone! psalms 51;10:12 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."