Better and better every day

Today Mordy finally got to see the neuro-ophthomologist. The resident examined him yesterday, but the attending physician saw him today and discussed his situation with us in detail. Good news: he is expected to recover his vision. It will just take time. For now, he has an eye patch, which helps reduce the double vision. That (plus medication) helps reduce the dizzyness and nausea. If his eyes recover to a certain point and plateau but don't improve completely, the doctor can give Mordy prisms. If for some reason that doesn't work either, surgery is a last resort, but an unlikely scenario. Overall, the neuro-ophthomologist was extremely reassuring. Basically, he said that Mordy should most likely recover his vision on his own, as his eyes and his brain readjust after the trauma of the stroke. We are already seeing that each day the eyes get better and better. We're hoping that will continue.

Mordy had several sessions of therapy today. The big news is that he was walking for periods of time without a walker. He still had a therapist holding on to him or putting hands out around him, in case he should lose balance. Mordy said that he doesn't feel like he's going to fall. But he does feel uncoordinated. He said that he felt like his gait was that of the "minister of silly walks" (for those of you who are Monty Python fans, hope you enjoy that reference!) With the therapy, his walking and coordination of his gait is improving.

When he wasn't in therapy, he mostly rested. He has been listening to "The Hunger Games" on audio, and he's enjoying that. His appetite is back, so that's good, too. He's really improving, and we're all hoping he'll be home on Friday.

As for visitors, we have been inundated with people asking to see Mordy. He had one visitor today and after that he didn't want any more because he needed to rest. All the doctors are saying he needs to sleep for his brain to heal. I suspect that will be the case for a while...

I know he'll want visitors once he's feeling better, and we might need help in terms of transporting him from home to and from JFK for outpatient physical therapy. So if you're reading this blog and able to help bring Mordy to and from therapy during daytime hours next week or the week of June 18-22, send an email to getwellmordy@gmail.com

And if he does come home on Friday, and if you live local, please don't drop by over the weekend to visit. After the trip home, he'll definitely need a few days to rest a lot at home before we have people coming by.

Thanks for your understanding...