Home from rehab. and not a minute too soon!

Marc had a wonderful surprise from his buddies from the Ratshack, a social networking internet site that Marc has been involved in for a long time. For several years they have had a get together at a campground near here. Marc and one of the other fellows were the organizers of the "Rat Fest", as it is now known. About 15 of them arrived at the rehabilitation center and surprised Marc on Halloween. It was really nice to see old friends and the joy on Marc's face was priceless. It was pure pleasure to see Marc laugh and clown around with them. I have inserted a few pictures of their visit.

I brought Marc home from rehab today and he couldn't be happier. I think some days he thought he was never going to get home again.

The therapy has been good for him and he is much stronger now. He can make it to the bathroom and back using the walker now. It is still a struggle for him but he is a fighter and is determined to get better. He still struggles with his speech, the aphasia hasn't improved much but every now and then he gets something out that he wants to say. That is an improvement. I have arranged for him to go back to the speech therapist that he had before and I am hoping that will help. I have also found a computer assisted language system that I hope will be approved by the insurance company. It should help a lot, if it works like they say. It will speak phrases for Marc and will also help him to relearn some of the things he has lost in his language skills.

It's now been a little over a year now since Marc was diagnosed. He has a followup appointment on Tuesday with the oncologist. There is no MRI scheduled at this time so I'm not sure if they will restart the chemo without repeating the MRI. I will let you all know when I know more. For now we are just going to enjoy Marc being home again.