July 26, 2015

Larry was released from the hospital after just a few days. He hated being there and begged to be released to come home. He still had pneumonia when he came home but was able to continue with the antibiotics from here. He has continued to recuperate and is trying to regain some strength once again. He weakens very quickly, which is very frustrating to him, but we are continually told that his recovery will be slow. The doctors at the hospital told us that for every day you are hospitalized, that it will take 2 to 3 days to recovery the strength lost. I guess that means that it could take up to nine months for him to feel more recovered! Having said that, we ventured out to our grandson Bridger´s soccer game, went to a movie, and rode up to Larry´s family´s cabin for a few hours during the past four days. It felt good to get out a little bit and feel some normalization to our new life routine. We are very hopeful that Larry will be able to have another swallow study done sometime in the next couple of weeks and that it will show that he has made changes that will allow him to be able to start eating and drinking again. We both feel that this would be a HUGE step forward and we are praying for this change every day. Hope you all had a great 24th of July weekend.