Dear Friends of Denny,

Dad is slowly, but steadily making progress. His body is healing, and he is on less and less mechanical support. He was taken off the breathing ventilator about a week ago, and while he is still connected to an oxygen mist, he is breathing on his own. Today, they removed the tube that was draining the infection in his lung cavity. That is a huge step, because now he is much more able to move around. In fact, right after they removed it, they took him out of his room and to the therapy gym for the first time in this facility!

In the gym, they put him to work on leg exercises on a ball, working on his posture, practicing sliding in and out of bed and in and out of his chair. His left leg (the side affected by the stroke) is weak, but was responsive today.

He watched part of the Giants game today, and we are sure that he will be excited when he hears about the A's victory tomorrow!