We got to open one Christmas present early today - dh has started a fifteen week post-acute brain injury program. This is his second experience with the program. The first time, we bowed out early. Dh wasn't cognitively ready and his insurance program limited the number of physical therapy hours. This time around the state is paying, one of the few enlightened programs offered by the state to help people get back on their feet. This program consists of physical therapy, group therapy and some counseling.
We're blessed too by dh's continued improvement. He's interacting with us more, seeming more emotionally connected. Mark is getting more physically fit, walking on a treadmill about 5 times a week and walking in a heated pool, too.
God still is giving us the gift of people caring for us. A friend took advantage of our neighborhood holiday party, Lights in the Heights, to set up a table selling hot chocolate to raise Christmas money for us. And we've had the chance to meet more families of brain injury survivors, many with children similar in ages to ours. I'm hopeful our children will benefit from friendships with other children who know what it's like to have a parent with a brain injury.
