So, there we were, Ken, his OT, and I. He had just gotten into bed and was trying to get comfortable. I was looking down at his legs, trying not to help him. Then I saw his leg move. Not a tiny little move. An outward push on top of the bed. He moved it about a foot. I looked at his leg and honestly thought, "is that his weak leg? that can't be his weak leg.". I looked up at his OT. She was looking at the leg in the exact same way. I said, "did you see that?". She said she had. Ken was blabbing on about something and I kept telling him to be quiet so we could process this. Because he hadn't even noticed. Just like it would normally be. When I could finally get him to listen to what he'd done, he just gave me a shy grin. A shy, lopsided grin.
Then his head doctor came in and he did this great kick, from his knee. It was a good day. AND this was at the end of the day when he was tired. yeah.
My favorite punctuation mark is the semicolon. And it's an apt metaphor for recent years of my life: it's more than a comma pause, not quite a period stop; it usually appears in the middle of a sentence; no one quite knows how to use it properly; it's a sigh of contemplation; a knowing wink; an upward glance of reflection.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! What great news!!! Go Ken!
ReplyDeletenot a small yeah. love, tess.
ReplyDeleteI always knew Ken had Ninja-like skills. Good going Ken!!!! You're progress is awesome!
ReplyDelete-Shane
Good News indeed!!! I say we do some martial arts when your ready Ken... what do you think? Oh and yes... I am being serious
ReplyDeleteWow! Great news! He'll be running around before we know it. Yahoooooooo!!
ReplyDelete-Maddie
Hi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteAre you training with yoda? Leg you are moving, trying you must be...
In case Jamie asks you about the CMAs you should know it was all about Brad Paisley. Gwenneth Paltrow sang. I am not sure where that came from. Some other peoole won also.
Keep the faith through the ups and downs... It is a marathon and the hard work now pays extra dividends (so I am told).
Tim
Yeah is right. Yeah! Go Ken's leg! --dmw
ReplyDeletePigs! I commented and it didn't show . . . odd. I, too, raved about your awesomeness, Ken! I think it's a great sign that you are experiencing some "unconscious" movement, that you are just moving because you want to, without thinking too much about it. I think that bodes very, very well!
ReplyDelete--Amy K.
All I know is that he kept saying that he was showering with Amand Peet. Definitely a highlight.
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