Better and better every day. Starting to get some real voice back.
Yesterday the speech therapist said it's time to order a swallow study. The test will show if he is closing his vocal cords, which confirms that it is okay to start toward real foods and eventually pull out the feeding tube from his abdomen! Closing the vocal cords is also important to make sure the airway is protected from food or liquids going the wrong way (no, no pneumonia thank you).
Bill only cares that he got to have chocolate milk yesterday, and had some baked beans today.
Oh Tri-Met also called me yesterday about getting the evaluation done for qualifying on the Lift program. We're working to coordinate that with PT.
Today he had more e-stim on his left leg. It's been have some twitching, which while annoying is a good thing.
We have a 'care conference' in a few minutes, so more later!
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