I'm so sorry. I know that there is still people who check this and so I decided to add an update. He's been moved to Vestal and the name of the nursing home is escaping me at the moment. But my grandparents enjoy it very much there. Also, they took him off one of the medications and we've seen an big difference in his awareness. There's not much more than that. I thought I'd give you a little update.

Wow, I just realized I haven't written in like forever. But, he's doing really well. He wasn't in therapy for a while but they re-evaluated him after using the Sarita lift to get him out of bed. They thought he had improved, so now he's back in therapy and today he took 4 steps, rested, and then took 6 more steps, using the parallel bars. We have a blow up beach ball and we throw it and he'll either catch it or kick it. He is also up in the wheel chair for two meals, so he's getting more interaction with other patients. He's doing really well.

Sorry I haven't written in a while. He's doing really well. He's eating in the cafeteria. He's taking walks outside in his wheel chair. The catheter and the feeding tube are out and he's able to feed himself. That's pretty much it. But he's doing really well.

Papa Today

Uncle Larry had a chance to come up to visit and had lots of fun talking about their old memories. He's doing really well. He's back in the nursing home. The hospital had him off the feeding tube, though, and he's was eating really well. So Nana demanded that he was off the feeding tube and they said they would for a while and see how he does. He's been eating pretty well so far. He's was up today and he got a hair cut.

And he's back into the hospital. His sugar was way to high and they got it down. He also looked very bloated. They're admitting him at St. Joseph's. They think he is dehydrated and they're going to put fluids into him. So that's pretty much it.

Papa got into a nursing home. =D!!! It wasn't the one we wanted and it's way up on a hill but they have the best therapy in the area. That's what really matters. Tonya, my cousin, with Emma, her daughter, are coming up today to see him, so that will cheer him up. He gets free cable, so we're getting him a tv. He's been really bored. He can't wait to see the baseball games. If you want the address to the nursing home it's:
Van Duyn
Room 5c-506
5075 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse, Ny, 13215

Okay, so, he didn't get to go to the Crossing's because the flu is going around the nursing home and they're not letting anybody in. Well, we were disappointed at first but as soon as the flu was gone we would be able to go back to the Crossings. But then we got a call and they said they weren't going to accept him at all. We asked them why and they told us that they weren't even positive they were going to accept him in the first place and they were just thinking about it. But they can't tell us that because there was a van ready to pick him up. He was all ready to go. They're basically lying to our faces. So right now my mom's driving my grandmother around, checking out all the nursing homes around us. He still in isolation at the hospital, but other than that he's doing pretty good.