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3/30/10
There is a lot going on–both great and frustrating and monotonous and overwhelming all at once. first let me say, thank you so much for the feedback which truly does feed us. second, i am too often still surprised by the impact of my words. i forget that these hard feelings and experiences that have kept me company over long time are suddenly new when i post them and seem grave and emergent when they are actually what i have gotten used to. so i apologize a bit for not reassuring you while simultaneously sharing with you our burdens. not to downplay them but to also keep them in perspective.
now, an update…
i am actually more hopeful about mike than i have been in a long time. a group of close friends stepped in to support mike and i as we created a new daily schedule of goals and activities that we would be working on and working toward. mike has really held on to being in bed as much as possible and only doing the exercises (in bed) that he had learned at marianjoy under don’s direction (like stretches and leg lifts and such). he would do these routines with willingness along with being in the stander 1 hour a day but would rarely show any interest in any stretching goal beyond this status quo. his focused passion has been on prayer. so i dreaded a rebellious reaction toward new uncomfortable goals. as our group of friends met with mike with the challenges he became distracted by butt pain, being rolled over and dread of lost sleep, making it pretty hard to gauge how cooperative he would ultimately be. he said he would agree to the goals but by his actions he was avoiding real conversation. the next week we had him eat lunch while sitting in the lowered stander (as opposed to every meal in bed). it was beneficial for him to be out of bed a bit longer, to be better upright for digestion, to be holding his head up on his wobbly neck muscles and to try to control saliva when he wasn’t simply leaning back in a bed. the next week we had him begin eating breakfast in his wheelchair at the kitchen table. this brings him back into the sphere of our family. whenever we are home at this hour we can now eat breakfast with him and keep each other company. being in the wheelchair daily like this also allows mike to use this arm pulley system that has sat unused since the fall for some new exercise. he also takes a daily walk which gives him some fresh air which he usually only gets on sundays for church or going to a dr appointment. the greatest joy in this so far has been seeing eli eagerly join mike for his walks whenever we are home at that hour. it was the first time i have seen mike engage in a regular activity that could draw his son into relationship to be quite honest. eli authentically wanted to spend time with mike in this way and looks forward to it every chance he gets. the first day spending this time in the wheelchair for these 2 morning hours as a discipline instead of a means to a dr appointment he complained of the butt ache.  i simply asked if his time with eli did not sufficently distract him from that pain. he has not really complained in the week and a half since. our next goal will be to enact a new night schedule where he spends an additional 2 hours in his wheelchair watching the kids play in the playroom or outside and then eating dinner at the table too.
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