UPDATE FOR JULY 20

Talked to Cathie just now and got the latest on Marvin. He had a very strenous day yesterday in Thearpy and Cathie said that the Physical Thearpy staff pointed out to her that even if can not yet move his arms he is making the muscles in his arms contract. The down side of all this effort on building up his muscles is that he suffered from plain old leg cramps last night and did not get much sleep. He is continuing to eat a little more each day but that has brought on a little nausea ( Cathie and Mandy got him a milkshake while out yesterday and he drank a little). He also had a little temperature last evening ( degree or two)but this the staff took care of. Marvin is starting to meet the staff and other patients and that is a positive sign in my book. Cathie says that Marvin has reached that stage of recovery where he has periods of depression ( over the slowness of his progress) but that the staff and patients are all helping him get through that. He finally received my mail yesterday that I mailed Friday so it may take a few days but keep the cards coming and of course the prayers. If anyone happens to be going to Atlanta, look on the link for Shepard Center on the side of the blog and there you will find directions on how to get to Shepard. It is only about one mile off I-85 not far from downtown Atlanta. Best time for a "short" visit is between 4:30 and 8:30 PM during the week. Will close for now and hope this helps keep everyone up to date.