Our Family's Story

Our Family's Story

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Every Day a Little Bit Stronger


What an incredible weekend!  Glenn continues to amaze everyone with his progress and they are still planning on sending him home this weekend. 

Saturday was another Bronco Game Day and Mom bought Glenn a Blackout shirt to wear in support of his team. (It was the Blackout the Stadium game.) His days are filled with therapy sessions, so he was unable to watch the game, but he was definitely proud to be a Bronco.

Glenn's PT gave him a squishy ball to squeeze to help strengthen his left hand, which he has affectionately named "Southpaw".  He was also working on throwing the ball with "Southpaw"and, incredibly enough, Glenn can now catch and throw with his left hand (and oddly enough, better than with his right hand and better than Gary, who actually is left-handed!). By the end of the day yesterday, he was playing catch with Brennan and Jared in the hospital room, until they got too rowdy and Mom had to put a stop to it. (Some things never change.)  Also, when he was doing speech therapy, the pathologist had him reading a series of words.  They got to one word and Glenn asked, "What the heck does that word even mean?"  The pathologist looked at him and replied, "In 17 years, no one has ever asked me what any of the words meant.  I have no idea what it means."  Glenn still doesn't miss an opportunity to help people learn something new! (Luckily, Jared was there and they were able to Google the word.)
There has been one downside to all of this progress: because Glenn's muscles have loosened up, he now snores louder than ever!  We'll take it, though.  We're just glad to have him back.


Glenn lifting a wooden dowel over his head.
Glenn has almost regained full mobility on his left side and we are blown away by how well his therapy is going and how quickly he is recovering.  He is still recovering, however, so we are still being strict with the no-visitor policy.  We really appreciate everyone being so respectful of it and once he is home, that will hopefully change.  Mom is reading all of the wonderful cards, emails and comments to him and they make his day, so please keep them coming, along with your thoughts and prayers.  We are so lucky to be so loved!


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  1. Great to hear the progress Uncle Glenn! You are doing so well and hope you meet your goal to go home this weekend! The power of love and prayer is evident in your continued progress! -Ty

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