Yesterday was one week that Michel has been at the Elizabeth Bruyere hospital in their Rehabilitation program. I cannot say enough about the wonderful people who are working with Michel to help him regain functions and rewrite the parts of his brain that have been damaged.
I am so inspired by Michel's determination to come back from this. He is determined that he will be able to walk and use his right arm and leg again. Each day he sees a little bit more sensation and function return. His biggest challenge at the moment is to be able to comfortably stay in his wheelchair for longer periods. His stamina wears out at about 90 minutes currently. They are working on trying to get a more comfortable chair setup for him and will rent a chair for him if necessary.
His return to home date is July 29th. Six weeks to go and 13 weeks from when the stroke happened. When it is closer to his return date we will need to have a look at his returned functions so that we can have things in place for him at home. Until then we will take each day at a time and continue to work with the arm, hand, leg and foot and get them as close to "normal" function as we can. My work is in supporting Michel, being with him as much as possible. He has the toughest work ahead, rewriting his brain and pushing through the fatigue that hits him at multiple times during the day. He needs to continue the work needed to forge those new pathways to freedom from a wheelchair.
Isn't his brain and body a miracle? That it can learn and re-learn how to do the things he wants to do. Taking a moment today to be grateful for my body too, and speak kindly to it. Please Give Michel a hug from me. And he better give you a hug from me as well.
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