Monday, August 4

Some momentum in Tommy's physical therapy was lost when Tommy was moved from Milford to Renaissance, so it's especially good that Ren rehab offers sessions on the weekends. Yesterday, with his therapist, Megan, and me helping, Tommy stood four times at the parallel bars and then said, "I want to try to walk." We helped him stand and he took three steps.
The food at Ren rehab isn't as good as it was at Milford--for example, "fruit" at Milford meant fresh oranges or bananas that I could prepare for him; while "fruit" at Ren rehab is fruit cocktail. The nurse has told me, however, that I can bring food for Tommy, as long as it's pureed and low in sugar, so yesterday Amy and I brought him gazpacho and guacamole dip (but no chips, of course), and he loved it, so to these I'll add other favorites of his, such as mashed sweet potatoes with fresh lemon and freshly made spaghetti sauce to offset those ubiquitous mashed potatoes.