Thursday, July 10, 2008

Steadily moving along.

Good Morning. Nick is progressing well. As of this morning his leg monitor reads 30mm. Add that to the 4 gotten during surgery and he has 34mm of new leg length. Only 16 more to go.

Physical Therapy is going well. Joe David of David Physical Therapy is very good and Nick likes how the therapy is going. Seems to get the results without the intense pain. Mr. David took the time to take to the Baltimore folks and that made us feel very comfortable with continuing therapy in Pittsburgh.

Yesterday we went to Ross's 2008 Summer Choir Tour concert. Nick wishes that he could have gone but realizes that taking it easy and therapy are more important to him right now. This is the first year that Ross is going and he will have to manage without his older brother. At the end of the concert they always sing the song, "Friends". They ask past choir members to come up and sing the finale. Nick managed to get infront on his crutches. A good friend, Marissa, came down to stand next to Nick so that he would not be standing alone. Very special night. Nice for Nick to see his buddies and send them all off on Tour. Nick came home and ended up having five pole changes for the day. A little more pain than normal so today we will take it easy.

1 comment:

annemarie said...

It was good talking to Brian yesterday...glad to hear everything is going well. I am amazed at how quick the progress is.I hope Ross is enjoying his trip...I bet it is quiet around your house for a few days.
All is well in Houston....ridiculously hot. It was so nice being in the hill country last week where there was very low humidity...we actually enjoyed being outside most of the day.
Best wishes to Nick and love to everyone.