Monday

Marty's been doing quite well lately. "Well" is a relative term. For Marty, doing well is sitting in a chair for 30 minutes as he did today. It takes all he can to sit straight up, and towards the end of the 30 minutes, Marty was slouched and had his head down -- tired out. We're thankful for the continual physio Marty receives and for the small improvements we can notice regarding his strength and his range of motion. 

The games of Rummikub are now a daily occurrence. Today Marty played for about one hour!

The speech pathologist cleared Marty to eat ice chips last week. Marty is looking forward to being allowed to eat other foods. He was weighed again today and has close-to maintained the weight he was at a couple of weeks ago. It should be re-noted that overall Marty has lost a lot of weight, but his relatively consistent weight over the past couple of weeks is good.

Though we know that Marty is still very sick, it's been nice to witness some positive developments lately. We continue to look to the LORD for healing.

"Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;

save me and I will be saved,

    for you are the one I praise." -- Jeremiah 17:14

Mike