June 25th

Today we had a nice visit from David, Brians boss. He brought some interesting books for Nick to read and some snacks to keep us going. It was nice to have company. Of course we played some Yhatzee. This is our new favorite game. We sit on the porch and battle most afternoons. Then it was off to physical therapy. Today we got the tough therapist. She runs the department and means business. But, Nick stuck with it. Still movement is good. We heard a few physical therapy jokes. "What does PT stand for..... Pain and Torture" "We aren't really called Physical Therapists but Physical Terrorists" Ha Ha. Nick wasn't too sure if that was funny or not. At dinner time, we had a visit from International high school students participating in a ten day seminar at John Hopkins University. They came to see the Hackerman Patz House to learn what a place like this is for families of orthopeadic surgical patients. There were students from all over the world. Holland, The Netherlands, Canada, Middle East, Bermuda, and more. It was great for Nick to be able to talk to other students his age. They seemed releived to be able to really ask questions to someone who could answer them. Many of the kids in the house are little kids. The boy from The Netherlands did not really know what to talk about to Nick. Nick knew the world soccer tournament was going on and asked him what he thought about the games. That really got the boy going. Even though Nick really wasn't that interested in soccer. With all the excitement we missed dinner. So we shared PB&J in the room.

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