Hi All,
Just a brief update for now. This morning, Mike had his first in-office PT visit. I took him out there (it's just near Delnor Hospital), and he got in right away. He had an assessment with the PT, basically to let her know what's been going on (even though she has all the charts and notes from the doctor and the home PT). She then had Mike do several types of exercises (3 sets of 10 for each exercise). Some of these he had already been doing with the home PT and some were new. He didn't have any trouble or any pain with any of these exercises. At this time, he is still keeping his flexion to 60 degrees, however, the PT was going to check with the orthopedic doctor to see if she can work with him to move past 60 degrees, as Mike has been at 60 degrees with very little issue at all for nearly 2 weeks now. Once the doctor clears Mike to go past 60 degree flexion, the PT indicated she'll be able to do a little more work with him, and even get him riding the stationary bike!
She gave him a list of exercises to do at home every day. He'll be returning to her on Wed and Fri of this week, and she was hoping to hear back from the doctor before his next visit, so I imagine he'll be starting with some new exercises on Wed or perhaps on Fri.
We made a quick stop at Walgreens on the way home for some supplies, and then picked up Portillo's for lunch (I miss Portillo's in San Diego, so that was a nice treat!).
Mike has some visitors from work here now, and tonight he is thinking about heading out to watch his bowling league play tonight for a little while.
I'll be headed to the airport in a few hours, so this will likely be the last update for today. I will continue my updates once I return home, and as I have additional information to share. It's been great to be here for 6 days, and I'll be sad to leave, but I know that Mike is in good hands!
Thanks to all for your continued good thoughts and prayers. Mike is healing well, and has been in fantastic spirits...he has such a positive attitude, and all of your good vibes are certainly helping!
Love & Blessings,
karin
No comments:
Post a Comment