Dad had a good day today. We weren't there to go to therapy with him early in the day, but when we got to the hospital around lunchtime he was lying down for a nap. His OT, Jon, came in shortly after we got there to get him up for his last therapy session of the day. He worked on some arm strengthening activities and some cognitive type of stuff. After that was over, Dad stayed up in his wheelchair with us for quite a while. We stayed with him while he had his dinner, which he ate all of, and he talked about all sorts of things. He's clearly trying to figure out what is current. He asked how his parents are doing, so we told him they're no longer with us. And he was surprised to learn that BJ and Heather are married. He mentioned a lot of names we recognized, mostly from their neighborhood in South Yarmouth. We heard about Joe and Marie and their son Tony, and about Marita, and some others who live or lived nearby. He talked about Kevin, and Lloyd and Mari and their daughters, as well as about some other names I'm not familiar with.
After he was finished with dinner Mom and I headed home. He was a little confused as to why he couldn't come with us, but after we explained he seemed ok.
I got this picture of him while he was having his dinner. He's wearing his new glasses Mom brought over today. Always the character, he gave me a great smile :)
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