Steps Forward

I gave my mother a break today and stayed with Mike all day. She and Jesse enjoyed each other today. When I arrived this morning Mike was sitting up in a wheelchair. He had just finished his morning session of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. He was also dressed with exercise pants and a t-shirt. We had picked him up some shorts so we changed to them. Boy it sure is hot here guys. So we went back to his room and visited. Not long, here came the occupational therapist. Then the speech therapist. Mike did very well. He even told her where he was born when asked. It's Honolulu, Hawaii. Our father was in the military at the time. Sometimes he gets confused about the year, 2006 and where he is. But all in all he has done very well today. He talked to our mother on the phone, his wife, Rochelle and Nancy twice. I really think their both missing each other a lot. We watched the fireworks on TV tonight from Washington. Mike said fireworks at Capitol. He enjoyed them. Happy 4th of July to everyone and God bless you. Will write more tomorrow. Good night.