Looking good!

Hello all, I was so happy to see my dad looking so good today, after not seeing him for a week. He is diligent about doing the exercises that O.T. and P.T. have assigned him. He has a number of different things to do for his legs/feet and also for his hands/fingers/arms. He is really good about doing them and the strength he is showing already is truly remarkable. We are so proud of the progress he is making! The wound vac girls were in today. They cleaned all of the wounds and changed the vacs (one on the upper right leg/hip, and one on each of the lower legs). The wound vacs suction any fluids and debris from the areas they are attached to. It is quite a procedure and of course my dad is a trooper through the whole thing. Those little doo-hickies are a great invention and we are glad my dad has them. A hematoma has developed on the left leg and someone from plastics had to come and incise and drain that before the wound vac could go back on. In addition to the feeding tube the poor guy is on a clear liquid diet due to his jaw being wired shut. He enjoyed some lovely chicken broth and smooshed strawberry jello for breakfast, beef broth, smashed strawberry jello and melted lemon sherbet for lunch and chicken broth, squooshed strawberry jello and melted lemon sherbet for dinner. He enjoyed them all through a straw, of course. He is pretty happy to have anything with flavor after five weeks of nothing. My dad also had a Reiki treatment today which he says is relaxing. You know us, we will take all the healing power we can get around here. Go Joe go! My mom and I also rubbed his feet with some lotion. He is really enjoying his spa treatments. We were wondering if anyone at GHCC would like to take over the foot rubs (with lotion) when he returns to the sauna? We are currently accepting applications for the job? The poor guy needs some rest. Even with meds to aid him he is not sleeping at night. He knows it is important in helping him heal so we hope this weekend will bring some much needed rest. He is very aware of this big smorgasbord involved in getting him better so he is trying like heck to stay on top of all of it. He is really fighting hard and it shows. As usual, team Popo loves the support we are getting, thank you all. please keep up whatever you are doing.