Hello everyone!! I'm very excited to post my 1st 'official' update to Jon's blog. To make things even better, I'm typing this as I'm snuggled up next to the big man himself :) Eat your hearts out!!
Jon is doing amazingly well. He has adjusted to his new surroundings and schedule and has a new sense of self responsibility that I have not seen since his 'awakening'. He woke up early and spent the morning getting himself around, including packing his own lunch - with groceries he had purchased at the market earlier this week! Around 9AM he shuttled over to the CNS facility where he met with several specialized therapists. Each session lasted an hour and were packed full of assessments. The past couple days has been dedicated to assessing Jon's ability to perform a multitude of tasks both physically and mentally; this process will aid the CNS staff in creating Jon's personalized therapy program that will focus on any deficiencies. I'll tell you, these assessments are no walk in the park and had me left scratching my head several times.....OK, truth be told, I was left in the dust most of the time!! But, true to form, Jon got through all of the assessments and was told by each therapist about how advanced he is. It feels good to hear an expert confirm what I have known all along, this guy is special!
Jon's case manager has been very gracious, and being that Jon is functioning so highly, allowed me to take him off site for lunch as well as give him a ride home to his apartment after therapy. We will also be meeting up with his cousin Marianne for dinner this evening. Way to go Jon, scoring all kinds of special privileges!!
While at CNS today Jon's friend Calvin, a pastor here in Bakersfield, stopped in to say hello and drop off a 3 musketeers bar he had picked up for Jon's ever-present sweet tooth. Calvin was also by to visit Jon yesterday. Thanks Calvin, Jon said he really appreciates the support....and the candy!
Currently Jon is watching his boys, the Lakers, play the Knicks....he loves his basketball and you can hear the excitement in his voice while he's chatting about the game with his evening aide. After we get back from dinner Jon has a date to call the girls and hopefully catch up on some face time via skype. He's been looking forward to seeing their beautiful faces all day!
Tomorrow will likely be spent just hanging out. Jon's case manager confirmed that he is able to be signed out for the day during the weekend. He has slimmed up quite a bit while on his liquid diet so we'll probably have an exciting morning buying jeans! After that, who knows!!
Have a great evening all! Until tomorrow,
Jackee
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