It was a very lovely Sunday despite having a rough night, the weather was gorgeous. Jerry had a hard time sleeping last night and was up until 5:00 am so needless to say he slept in a bit. We started the morning routine about 11:30 and didn't manage to get through the routine to get Jerry in his chair until 2:30. Jerry felt pretty good today and did some exercise for his biceps using his skateboard. After the exercise Jerry's thumb was spasming. Jerry was excited to see his thumb move, its the first time he's had any movement in his fingers. I take that back he has had his hands spasm where all the fingers open and stretch at once but he has never had just one finger or thumb move on it's own. At any rate it was encouraging for him.
Today was warm and although I loved it, Jerry cannot handle the heat, it was about 90 degrees inside the house so Jerry's body temperature went up to 99.5. Getting AC is gonna have to be moved up the priority list if we have to many of these warm days, we're not quite ready for summer weather. Jessica and her boyfriend Mitchel took Jerry out for a bit, the van is air conditioned so they went on a quest for frozen yogurt.
Jerry's room is coming along, Dennis has been working hard morning to night trying to get it ready for him. I'm proud of Dennis for working so hard, he's doing a great job. I do have to give John and his crew a special thank you as well, Dennis could not have gotten as far as he has without them.
Please continue to keep Jerry and Allie in your prayers as well as Allie's family.
Thanks
Katie
3 comments:
Go thumb, go!
It really was a lovely weekend. The effect of the heat on Jerry's body is really interesting as is the cold. We don't even think about it really-about how our bodies regulate themselves and when the receptors are necessarily feeding back the information. You're really teaching us a lot - in more ways than one.
Hope today isn't too warm for you all. We continue to keep you all in our prayers, Poms too.
The Proffitts
Shoot, come on down to B Lo, we don't have AC but my house stays a cool 68 if I don't have rugrats running in and out the front door. The kitchen is another story.
Anyway, Jerry can sit in the sprinklers with sunscreen.
By the way, I can't wait for the pancake breakfast and the "thumb skating" to continue. Wish you could video that and put it on the blog.
Katie, when you are ready to paint, let's pick a weekend that isn't so darn hot. (They say rain next weekend???)
Hope the trip over to Pleasanton is safe and the AC works.
Hugs and kisses,
Gretchen
Trish, hope Mary's tournament was successful!
Wow first I would like to say that's great to hear about the movement in your thumb Jerry . The weather has been great just more the reason to get ya outside in it . Enjoy your day today It's beautiful out there !!!!
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