Paul's Update - 05/14/07

Dear Friends:

Sunday started out early at our hotel in Columbia South Carolina. Dad got Paul up and dressed while I slept. Once Paul was dressed Dad went to the lobby to get goodies from the Continental Breakfast to bring to the room. We had juice, cereal, muffins & coffee. You could say I had breakfast in bed!! Once Cathy & Lizzie were ready we headed to the van to start our trip home. Lizzie wanted to stop at Starbucks (she twisted our arms LOL) so we went around the corner to the Starbucks prior to leaving town. The trip was mostly uneventful. Paul rode very well and we made plenty of bathroom stops in between our meal & gas stops. We only ran into traffic between Richmond and Fredericksburg. This was not unexpected since the traffic there is always bad. We arrived home around 6pm. Once Cathy & Lizzie were home we went to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner. We met up with Bill, Ronda & Connie for dinner. It was a nice way to end our trip! Monday morning I headed back to work. I had plenty of work to do and a seminar to attend in the afternoon so I decided I could make up some of the hours I will lose later in the week. Paul had a quiet day. Dad said he didn't really want to cooperate with anything he was asked to do today. He wouldn't talk to Dad or do any exercises. He walked to the back door this morning like he was going to go outside but by the time he got there and realized it was chilly outside he changed his mind and headed back to the living room. He spent most of the day watching TV. Dad tries to encourage him that we only want to help him get better but he needs to try to talk as much as possible. We aren't sure why he had suddenly been so stubborn. He could be tired from the trip I suppose. Nothing else has changed! Tuesday will be PT & Speech. Hopefully he will work for the therapists!

Have a great day! Lynne & Carl