Well we got the news....

Well, I'll start with Wednesday's adventures because they are pretty exciting. Ya know how I posted that rick could move his left leg the last couple therapy visits.. well on Wednesday he moved his right leg just as good as he has been moving his left! His right leg caught up in like two days! We were all so impressed! And his therapist put him on the total gym which is a machine where rick lays in his back and and the board he is laying on slides up and down when he pushes his legs. Well on Wednesday he pushed himself up... over and over again! His therapist would start it out for him and Rick could do the rest! It was so fun to see!! Today when we went to therapy his legs weren't as active as they were on Wednesday but it's probably just because we were staying in a hotel and we were stressed out over the doctors app. and we didn't sleep very well and we weren't in our routine. So we're just going to work really hard over this weekend and next week and next time he goes to therapy I'm sure he'll blow everyone away with what he can do. We're just going to go to therapy one day a week from now on so that when Rick gets close to walking we won't run out of visits to therapy.. we want to have plenty and not have to worry about it. So we're going to do tons of stuff at home now, and I get to be his therapist. So then when we go once a week, he'll have made so much improvement everyone will be so impressed!!


Well on to the news about our doctor visit and Rick's pressure wound. We went Thursday morning and saw the plastic surgeon, on our way there I told Rick that I never thought we'd be going to a plastic surgeons office. Anyway, we went and talked to the doctor and he told us that Rick is getting surgery on July 30, but we only have to be in the hospital for 3 or 4 days and we get to do all the rest of recovery at home!!!! When the doctor looked at his wound he said that it was just a small one and it would be really easy. So he will be on bed rest at home for 3 to 6 weeks, but judging on how small it is and how determined Rick is I'm sure it will only take three weeks or less. We are SO excited that we don't need to be in the hospital the whole time! It will be hard for Rick to lay in bed all day every day till it's healed, but with all the prayers being said for us I'm sure it will go by fast. We can do some therapy while he is laying in bed as long as we don't put any tension on the wound site. So we can still work out his arms and do some stuff with his legs. We are so thankful to everyone who fasted and prayed for us. It means so much to us, and we are getting so many blessing. We could never say thank you enough to all the people that are helping us through this, but hopefully we will find ways to repay all of you. Your prayers are what is helping us so much, because it truly is all in His hands. I really believe once we get this wound thing all healed up Rick's recovery is going to go so fast and he'll be up and walking in no time!!