Not only has Dad been recovering, but Monday he sat on the edge of his bed for 18 minutes doing his Occupational therapy...and didn't fall forward or over. In fact, he did exercises requiring him to go to each side onto his elbow, then back up. He said it was hard, but he was VERY proud.
On Tuesday, Dad stood up in the medieval torture device (not really, but looks like one) for about 3 minutes. Today, he stood up about 4 minutes, sat down a few minutes, then stood up for another 2 minutes. I did question a nurse as to why they've never sat him up in the special therapy chairs like they did at Methodist (for hours at a time, no less).
With all the good news, PLEASE KEEP PRAYING, as Dad is still very sick. My guess he has lost 40 pounds...and he didn't have much to lose in the first place. He needs lots of healing, and certainly the protein levels need to go up.
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