Monday, October 19, 2009

Back in San Diego

After spending a busy two months with us in Meadville, Luke is back home in San Diego. During his time here we had an open house celebration with many friends stopping in, we spent a week fishing in Canada, a day in Pittsburgh at the Dithrich family reunion, and a weekend in Pine Grove visiting Paula's family. Of course there were several visits to Applebee's to visit all his friends there.

For the trip to Canada, we rigged up a rod so he could cast and retrieve with one hand.















He accomplished the unbelievable of landing two bass on one cast!















He quipped "Some can't catch one fish with two hands, but I caught two fish with one hand!"

Of course, he had to do some tubing as well.















Luke went back to Scope Orthotics for remeasurement and they found that his leg has shrunk about an inch. They are starting the procedure of making another socket for his prosthetic and will apply again for a more sophisticated leg. He has regained a little bit of in and out motion with his left upper arm. Previously, the most he could do was shrug his shoulder. We praise God for the improvement and pray for continued healing.

He is meeting with the Border Patrol to see about going back to work. More updates will follow as things develop.

---Bill

2 comments:

Our Four Sons said...

It was great to see Luke at the get together and it is nice to see that he continues to not let this bump in the road get him down and keep him from enjoying things! Prayers for continued healing continue.

Ed Schnurbusch said...

Thanks for the updates. I was wondering how the trip home had gone. Nice to hear he had such a great time. It's encouraging to hear about the added movement in his arm. Hopefully, that is signs of good things to come