September 19, 2017 9:30 pm

Josh started the day with Speech. His job was to describe a kitchen - what it looks like, what appliances are in it, what is done in a kitchen, etc. It took him 30 minutes (with a lot of help) to come up with three sentences about a kitchen. Then he had to describe a bathroom. After 30 minutes, he had devised only 2 sentences. Speech is REALLY hard for Josh.

Nearly asleep, Mary took Josh to PT where he walked and did strengthening exercises. His therapist said he walked better today than he has in the past.

Next was OT. The first 30 minutes was spent doing eye-strengthening exercises. Josh's right eye is doing remarkably well ... considering we expected it to be blind.


After grabbing a quick lunch (pork loin, asparagus, sweet potatoes, strawberries, peanut butter cookies, vanilla cupcake, milkshake), Josh had another MRI. The results were good. The extra-axial fluid has drained from his frontal lobe, and the neurosurgeon will turn down the ventricle shunt soon. Very exciting!

We had a lot of downtime this afternoon, so we walked up to our apartment where Josh trimmed his beard. Now he looks REALLY good!


Then we returned to the hospital for a big dinner (meatloaf, chicken cordon bleu, oven-baked macaroni and cheese, twice-baked potato, broccoli and cheese, salad with ranch dressing, strawberries, pineapple, and 2 chocolate shakes). Josh always takes MUCH more than he can possibly eat, which works out well for one or both of the others of us.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 19, 2017 at 11:17 PM

    Josh looks great. We continue to pray for Josh and your family.

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  2. Donna BeecroftSeptember 19, 2017 at 11:36 PM

    Hey, Handsome man, the hair on top has grown longer and looks great. The chin hair has grown shorter, and also looks great! I like all those zippers on your jacket. You have a lot of places to hide things. I remember when you were 2 years old. You were a man of few words then, too. But you got onto it fast and you had no problem expressing anything you wanted to say. It will happen again. Your grandpa wasn't interested in jabbering, either. Love you XOXOX

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  3. EmilySeptember 20, 2017 at 4:38 PM

    Hooray, THAT'S our Josh! Love you all. XOXO

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