Stroke at 57. Our story of recovery.

Things are going well. I haven't posted in a couple of weeks because there are not many changes, really. M continues to hone his skills and is still moving forward. He has not had any "plateauing" which sometimes happens. If plateauing should occur, be assured we will just up the goals. He is still determined to improve as much as possible and his attitude is amazing! It's been exciting to see his progress over these 15 months, so posting has been easy until now. Therefore, I will begin publishing an update on the first of the month and post photos and anything exciting that's happening. That way we can still keep updating our friends and family who continue to check this blog. In the meanwhile, feel free to email me if you'd like to check in.  ⁕⁕⁕⁕⁕⁕⁕ Father's Day with Ben and Jake was fun. Jake and M went to the putting green and I got this super cute pic of them.  Happy Summer to you all. 💗

For my birthday last weekend, Ben and Jake treated M and I to a movie and dinner in Newport Beach. The theater was very neat as it had fully reclining seats. We saw John Wick 3. It was awesome being with the guys and we had a great time. (thanks Ben & Jake!) M is walking quite a bit better recently. As a matter of fact we saw some neighborhood friends while out this week and they did not even recognize us. That's a huge compliment! Lol I haven't had to purchase liquid thickener now for about 6 months. M will still choke occasionally with water, or any other liquid when his head goes back too far or he swallows too much air. But it seems his swallowing issues in general are a thing of the past. Yay! Here is a pic of all of the measuring spoons we used for the thickener liquid. Each spoon was in a huge container. Wow! He was getting so sick of that stuff. I have been looking back at photos and blogs from a year ago. It's amazing how much progress he has made...