Thursday, April 30

We have added another component to Tommy's daily physical-therapy sessions: A pair of five pound free weights. After Tommy pedals (usually for about six minutes), walks with the walker (eight or ten "laps" across the porch, sometimes more), and pulls the arm exerciser that is mounted on the wall (50 pulls), we do arm lifts together. Ten lifts per arm, each a lift of only several inches, is enough right now; but it's a start. Yesterday we had dinner with our friend Frank at the Crabcake Factory, and this weekend we will share a potluck meal with Mary and Al, our friends from Ren rehab. And with the spring weather, we have been enjoying the back deck with Irv and Patti. These are good days.