great report from the Doctor

A good report from the regular Doctor! She was pleased and nothing was changed. He returns in three months and has to have blood work done at that time. Other than that he received a clean bill of health.

He has had his moments during the last two weeks. We finally had a melt down on getting him to move his body. Rob stepped in and informed his father that he would exercise and not complain about it. That has helped some. He had gotten to the point where he only sat in the chair, in front of the TV all day long. The only time he would get up is to go to the restroom.

Rob has changed that now and he is back on an exercise program. He rides the bike for 40-45 minutes per day and then he works out with a 5 pound ball for another 10-15 minutes. He is normally zapped after that. We are trying to slowly increase his time on the bike and add a minute or two longer on the ball. He is also bowling on the Wii some.

This last Saturday, Pat and Tina came over and we took him shopping at the mall. Sarah is getting ready for a trip to Yellow Stone with her grandparents. She needed good hiking shoes. So we all went to the mall and walked around. Bob wheeled himself, we only steered. He was really worn out after that outing. He did enjoy it though.

He received a letter from his high school friend Doris last week. He got the news on some friends. He had me put the letter in his drawer and told me he needed to send one back, but don’t count on it. He doesn’t write much at all anymore. We found out that is most likely due to the Parkinson’s. The joints in his hands get stiff and his hand writing has changed. He still enjoys getting cards and letters though.

Give the old stiff one a call this week! Talk about the old days, and the new days ahead.