Mike Messages: Tuesday with Dad

There is a new pedestrian ramp on 3rd ave connecting lower Queen Anne to Myrtle Edwards Park. It just opened and Dad and I took advantage of one of the last sunny warm days last Tuesday to try it out. He got dropped off by the Providence bus at home around 3:00 and I made him a sandwich and helped him eat it and then we set out to check out the new ramp. Dad loved it. We walked around Myrtle Edwards and enjoyed the beach for a bit. I am attaching a bunch of pictures from our walk.

Dad is really benefiting from going to the center. Yesterday he was able to create a beautiful painting after the physical therapist put weights on his wrists. The weights help control his shaking so he was able to have a little better control over his hands. I'm sure it feels great to him to have a creative outlet! I'm also hoping maybe he will be able to use the weights to help him write so that maybe that can be a way to communicate when he no longer has a voice. I know that requires much more control than painting but I'm hopeful...

This Tuesday Dad was a lot more tired. I made him dinner and fed him. It took him from 7:00pm until 9:45pm to finish one plate of food. He was having a really hard time focusing on what he was doing and also not swallowing his food. He kept wanting me to put another bite in his mouth but I had to say no Dad swallow what is in there first! So he finally finished and we watched a bit of TV and then I put him to bed.

He has good days and bad days.

This Friday morning he is going to the Husky coaches breakfast with Johnny and Jay and John Horton and a few other buddies so I'm sure that will be a great time.

Hope you all are well,

Angie