Alan’s Army

Hello Army!

The PT folks have Alan taking a shower each morning now before breakfast. Today he also did a bunch of work on stairs.

BOB lives very close and brought walkie-talkies last night in the hope that he and Alan could talk from his house but the mileage rating doesn’t seem to be accurate.  Apparently they do work from the 7-11 down the road so BOB can check and see if Alan needs anything in particular when he’s on his way over.

The food at JFK is a far cry from the very good food served at Pennsylvania hospital, so Alan is no longer ordering dinner and we are bringing it to him from outside or from the very good grille downstairs.  Pork Roll and Cheese and Mozzarella Sticks seem to be his favorite.  He had them tonight along with a Birch Beer that BOB left him in a little cooler, and after a huge Birch beer Burp he declared it excellent!

Alan told us a story about his speech therapy session.  Apparently they do a lot of cognitive testing and memory games.  Today they asked him to list as many fruits as possible in a minute.  He said he named a bunch and then momentarily drew a blank so he threw in “Elton John” and then continued on.  Apparently the PT folks were in hysterics. 

We took Alan outside today and took a look at the hot stamp discs that arrived for tomorrow’s tournament as well as the 2008 USDGC ROCs we ordered that arrived today (thanks Jonathan!)

Alan’s only taking regular Tylenol for his headache now and they changed the anti-seizure meds in the hope his rash would clear up.  The current plan is that he will be released next Wed or Thursday.  On Tuesday the 10th we have appointments with the surgeon, radiologist, and oncologist in Philadelphia.  Normally we would vacation in Maine for two weeks starting the last weekend in June and I asked the Surgeon’s PA about that today.  He said that it would be the perfect thing for Alan, but it would depend on the start of the radiation schedule – we’ll find out on the 10th.

I’ve finally attached a bunch of photos, sorry for the delay.

God Bless all,

Andrew