Wednesdays Movie night - Jan 21

Another Good Day! Jerry had another long day today, but he pulled through like a champ. Started out with all his work outs this morning with stretching, and then moved on to some physical stuff. They hooked some wires to his legs and gave him some electrical stimulation and made him pedal a bike, for lack of better words. I was not here when they were doing this but Katie said it was kinda cool. The stimulation made his muscles help contract, and with a motor helping to rotate the peddles, he went about 30 minutes, or about 5-6 miles. He was supplying about 50% of the power through his muscles, and the motor was doing about the same. Small steps, but going in the right direction. This is the kind of stuff we would like to see, work those muscles!

After lunch, he did some more arm workouts on these sling things, where he pulls his arms to, and then away from his body for an hour or so, followed up by an hour of Texas-hold-em poker. I forgot to ask who won. Back in bed around 3:30pm to get some rest for his big night out.

Tonight we got to load up in a couple of vans and go see a movie. It was the first time in 20 days of doing something normal, so to speak. We went to see Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. It was nice to go out, and I think Jerry had a good time too. It was quite a bit of reality also, as I see how things have changed. It takes a little more time and effort to do even the simplest tasks, like going to the movies, then it did before, but it's all good. We got back about 10 and got ready for bed. Just like in the old days, we wore the little fella out, and he drifted of to sleep around 11:30. Thank you God for the nice time and the sleep. I know things are going to be different now, but hanging with you're boy will always feel the same. I problebly should get some rest myself as tommorrow will have it's own challeges I'm sure.

Please continue to pray for Jerry's complete healing and that his spirit stays strong. Even with a great night out , I know that for him, these times are hard. I can see it in his face. Pray that he accepts where he is at right now, and pushes forward to a better place tomorrow. To never give up on what he can do through Christ our Lord.
Please pray for Katie and myself, as well as my other three children, as we make the countless trips over the hill, at all hours, that we would be safe.
And most of all, take a minute to thank God, for all he has done in all our lives, as we all go through this journey together on these pages.

And with that, I will leave you with some shots of our first night out.
Good night and God Bless.
Dennis