Matt was discharged from the rehab department on Friday. It was very bittersweet. The therapists became like friends and so did many of the staff and patients. They knew they could have kept Matt there indefinitely, there where so many things to work on but they can only do so much. Now it is up to him.
During the last 3 months, Matt has improved his core muscle strength, increased dexterity with his right hand and arm, able to move his left a bit more when he concentrates, stands with the machine for longer periods of time, had his bladder stones removed (which was one of the biggest blessings), and has more confidence and is becoming more independent.
This weekend Mom and Matt travelled to Calgary for Bobby's birthday party. They even got to see Lindsay play ball for a bit before she blew her knee out and had to spend hours in the ER waiting to see a doctor. The joys of playing sports!
Today the girls were hard at work doing Matt's exercises in the am. Matt had outpatient OT therapy at 1 pm so at my lunch break from work I drove home to pick up Matt and Cecilia and take them to the hospital. Shaunie was home from her school and Matt was already outside waiting. I needed to get something from the house and when Shaunie saw me, she said "Uncle Matthew gone!!" She was very worried that Matthew wasn't where he should be! Matt and Cecilia stayed after therapy and did some visiting until I picked them up after work so we could go to Walmart and get some goodies. We even went to the meat market to get some bison pepper jerky, which was so yummy. Mom bought $20 worth.
The weather was so good tonight that we were able to enjoy supper sitting on the deck. It is nice for Matt to be able to join the family for supper again. We must have been outside for 2 1/2 hours at least. Until the bugs came out.
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home once more. you have all the knowledge you need to work at home and i know you have the determination to succeed with the many kind hands of help. ill still be here to keep an eye on the blog so best wishes to you.
we had a 60th birthday party for greg here at the lake. had a great supper(thankyou) and many friends and family from near and far. a great surprise was two of gregs sisters showing up. now that took the cake.
greg is busy getting things ready again for the season and we have had many golfers out. they like it when they dont have to pay cause we arent open full time yet and they know when to come. the parties on the beach are started also. i have been dubbed the "beach b***h" so i guess my job has also started.
take care and keep on keeping on.
ella
Hey Matt it was nice talking to you on fb last night, remember to send me a message when you are at home so we can plan to come see you.
Candice
Hi all. Maybe summer has come at last. The sun is shining and has some heat in it. Not much happening here all the action is with Cameron, he played hockey in Edmonton tourny on the weekend and has one in saskatoon in 2 weekes. Will be going to watch him play and take in the nieces dance the same weekend. Hope to see you when you get home so let us know when you are coming for sure. Bye for now. B.B.&B.
Hi Matthew & Family. Can't wait to see you all next Saturday in Weekes. I will give you a big hug and tease you silly......I am baking cookies today so will bring some then. Probably not as good as your mom's but that is okay, we will eat them anyways.
Have a great week and a safe trip next weekend.
Love Auntie Sandy
hi to all
Busy busy guy - keep working at all those new things and it'll pay off!!!
I've been busy with Shand fair planning-and we are calving and all the usual-we celebrated moms 85th the end of April. Time does fly Shelley and I don't have a ticket either!!!!yy
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