Day 26 hour 23

Tony spent over 2 hours sitting in the wheel chair today for physical therapy. they are still tying him in with sheets so he doesn't fall out but he didn't need a collar to hold his head up today. he was moving his left leg on and off the foot rest of the wheel chair as well. that was the most I've seen him use that leg so it was exiting. eventually they will try and get him to walk with the walker but they need to get his back and neck muscles stronger first. the wheel chair helps to do that. his left arm is getting stronger every day.
They stopped giving him the adivan and the pain killer " on a regular basis " a couple of days ago. right now his is on pain killers "as needed". every time they ask Tony if he wants something for the pain he says no, so he hasn't had any of those drugs for about 2 days.
when we went in to see him this morning we had to put on a yellow gown and gloves. he is on quarantine. He has some kind of a bug that is drug resistant which I guess is common in the hospital. they are letting his own immune system try and fight it off. they can't really say how long it will last. at this point they are not majorly concerned but that could change.please pray for that to go away.
please also pray for him to be able to swallow correctly and also move towards talking. They want to make sure when he eats the food will not go down the pipe so he can eat. he's had what they call the purple cap on his tracheotomy for a whole day now. that basically is a one way valve that let's air out but not in. his feeding tube goes through his nose right now. a lot of rehab centers don't take patients unless the tube is going directly into the stomach. if he can swallow correctly and eat, I think they will take the feeding tube out, otherwise they will have to put one directly through his stomach before he leaves the hospital.
Thank you Lord for being here every step of the way and thank you all for praying for Tony.

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