May 20 at 7:30 a.m.

We went to our first out-patient therapy yesterday afternoon. The physical therapist determined that there isn't a lot she can do with Timothy until he can put more weight on his right foot. Also, she thought it best to save some sessions for when he has the surgery on the left knee. Insurance only pays for so many each year. She will give us some exercises that he can do at home on Thursday. I was not surprised. It didn't seem like that the PT was doing very much even at Madonna. The occupational therapist will continue working with Timothy's right arm twice a week. We go back Thursday at 10:30, and hopefully we'll have a definite schedule after that session. There is not a speech therapist on staff at this time so OT will incorporate some memory exercises with their work.

Timothy is gaining strength each day. His appetitie is very good, and he is walking with his walker more every day. We had no trouble transferring from walker to suburban or wheeling through the therapy suite. He enjoyed getting out yesterday to St. Joseph and eating at the Sonic. He just sat quietly and watched the traffic for a long time. Finally he said, "Boy its good to be out of the hospital."