Hello and welcome to our blog! If you are not already aware I've been keeping the interested public informed on Benjamin's progress and what we have been up too by sending out a daily e-mail. However, we have now made the decision to become bloggers. Indeed, we will now be posting updates to the cyber world via blog. Here is the first.....

Well, today wasn't that interesting. We woke up and had some breakfast and then for the first time in history I got Benjamin dressed, stretched and in his chair all by myself. Indeed I did. John Mark is always willing to help but I decided I wouldn't wake him and try it solo. It was smooth sailing.

We made our way to the third floor gym for his PT. During therapy they worked on loosening his very tight and discomforting shoulder muscles. After Benjamin, me and his OT trotted down to the social eating area, also known as a cafeteria, for some lunch/Benjamin's feeding workout. Also for the first time in history (post Benjamin's "bamboozle") he completed feeding himself a bite of food all by himself. I think about 3 were an independent success. He was using his mobile arm support but that's all for assistance.

Benjamin had soft tissue shoulder stregthening exercises next. He went and stregthened. Following that we were forced to attend an Advanced Bladder Education class.....cause I guess the two other 1 hour long classes about the bladder were just warm-ups. It was the SAME information. We are well acquainted with the bladder.

Since then we have just been chillaxing in the apartment. Benjamin is expecting to get his new chair tomorrow. This one will be custom fit to his body and will be HIS chair. He is still using the hand drive and getting better at it everyday. Everything is going well with his body besides a pesky pressure sore on his heel. Every time we think it has scabbed over it reopens again. Other than that everything is looking good. Wounds are healed, putting Merderma on the fresh scars, voice is getting louder, lungs are clear, been about a week since the last time we had to cough him, is able to cough some of it out himself and has a good appetite.