Luke's first day in rehab was pretty much an assessment of his condition and abilities. The first to see him this morning was his rehab doctor. He gave him an overall check-up and will be coordinating with the doctors at UCSD about his neck brace and left arm. Next was occupational therapy who got him in a wheel chair and took him to the therapy gym. While there they had him start working his arm on a couple of machines.
The speech therapist paid him a visit during lunch to check his swallowing. She scheduled him for a barium x-ray swallow exam Monday at 9:30 a.m. Luke is really hoping he will be able to get off the thickend liquids.
After lunch his physical therapist paid Luke a visit and took him to another therapy room and had him work on getting in and out of the wheelchair and sitting up on his own from laying down. He didn't spend very much time in therapy today. He will have a light therapy tomorrow, have Sunday off and then start full schedule on Monday which will be about 3 hours a day.
The representative from SCOPe stopped in today as well and took measurements of Luke's leg. She ordered the compression sleeve to start shaping his leg for the prosthesis and it should arrive Tuesday. She also gave us a brochure on the C-Leg, an advanced computerized prosthetic leg that she is submitting for approval from his insurance.
Luke spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching movies and visiting with his friends. He is looking forward to tomorrow's meals. He ordered a cheeseburger for lunch and a chicken pot pie for dinner.
---Bill
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Wow. That's the first thing that comes into my head when I think of Luke! I am so impressed by Luke's strength and endurance--and of course the faith, love and support of his family and friends. It is an honor to follow your recovery process. Keep up the good work and God bless!
Luke,
The Lord has certainly been merciful and gracious. I never stop giving thanks to Him for who He is and all He has done. It is amazing to see all the work He is doing through this incident, far and wide. Your positive and upbeat outlook is a God-given gift that will serve you during this rehab time. I just know you are going to work hard and would encourage you to run the race in such a way as to get the prize! You can be sure that you have more than a cloud of witnesses, both here on earth and in heaven, that are cheering you on, praying for your full recovery of your arm and praising your Father in heaven.
It was great to play volleyball with Paula again, and yes we even had a couple of collisions for you Bill :-)
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