Update on Arrowhead 1952 via Kathy in Alaska
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UPDATE from her Monday email....
Dad is doing well - or, as well as can be expected. They have downsized the trache tube in his throat to a smaller one, and because of that he is able to kind of “talk” a little bit. If he is awake enough, the speech therapist says he can say things like “yes” and “ok,” but not much past that. When he does try to talk, his speech is more mumbled and garbled than anything, and our understanding is that maybe more speech will come with time.
The nurses say that when they try to get him out of bed into a chair, he really tries to help, and still does about 25% of the work for them. Other than that, they are going to do PT and OT a little more often and we will just see from there! I am going back on Sunday for the Thanksgiving week, so I will have a better update after I see firsthand.
That’s good news. It seems that Arrowhead is making progress?
Thank you greeneyes for Arrowhead 1952’a update.
That is excellent news. Thank you for the updates. Praying that his strength will increase and that he will be able to communicate better as time goes by.