Just so everyone knows, my dad is home. He has a picc line in his arm so that we can administer the meds for his staph infection. Hopefully this will be his last week on them. Other than that, he is just resting and recovering. He is still pretty tired from the events of the past few weeks but he is eating well and talking like he was before. Hopefully he will continue to get better so that he will excel when he restarts physical therapy after the new year.
Thanks for checking in and for thinking about my dad :)
7 comments:
Lindsey,
Thanks for the update. We are so happy to hear that Walt is home and also that he is still doing well - we were afraid he might lose some of his awesome progress with the surgery.
Walter - you are amazing!! Keep up the excellent work and we will be by to visit you very soon.
Kathy J.
Man, that's great news! Way to go, Walt! Here's hoping for a new year coming with a fresh insurance budget for therapy and more great news to come on the road to recovery.
Brian & Nan Corry
Good to hear you are home bud. I'll be down when I get over this cold
Tom Wahl
Wally, glad you made it through yet another trip to the hospital. Take care of yourself and keep working.
Happy Holidays to you, Patty and fam.
Hang in there amigo!!
All the best,
Goegs
Thank you for the update,I'm happy to hear things are going smooth.
I love you.
Cousin Debby
Hey Wally, happy holidays to you, Patty and the family. Have a Christmas beer or three and I'll see you at our class reunion in 09.
All the best.
Goegs
Patty says: Happy New Year to the walt-watchers!!! Walter is doing wonderful. We actually have conversations. This past week has been amazing. For example: Brian went to the Sabres game Friday night and on Sat. am. after reading the sports page Walter said to Brian "On page 3 there is an article about the Sabres. 10 words all in English and his short term memory was working well. Also, we have been watching the weather and he noticed that the highs for Thurs and Friday were 12 and 10 and then when they were lowered to 5 and 7. He said " they have lowered those temperatures". He continues to amaze me with his progress.
He is starting therapy again 2 days a week. I do not plan on stopping therapy this time. I will have to pay $220 an hour but if I stop he will be bedridden forever.
Please continue to pray that he will walk again.
Thanks again to Walter's friends for their dedication!! I am sure that you guys are part of his recovery. He loves going out for his beers and burgers. He always remembers who was there and what he had on his burger.
Thanks to Geno and Marsha for Walter's brain work and Tippy for his dedication to his brother. I could not do what I am doing without Tippy and Brian. Thanks to my neighbor Hugh for doing my driveway. Thanks Joe for fixing my toilet. Thanks for all the phone calls and visits.
Life is a journey and we never know where it will take us. But Walter is going back up and we will all get him there with our love and care.
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