Tym Stark’s Residential Care - Day 58
Day 58 - Sunday 11/18/07
Tym had another great weekend at home (Jeremy’s) with his family and friends. We picked him up Friday for dinner with his parents and kids. We ate at home this time to try and save some money. We played Apples to Apples again, and Tym showed a lot of improvement. He scored much better this time, and didn’t need as much help understanding the game.
Saturday’s big plan was to go to the LA Auto Show, but we decided against it at the last minute. We also considered Miniature Golf, but we went shopping instead. Tym had fun at the stores, and was pretty good at acting appropriately, although I had noticed that his Speech Therapist was right, he talks too much. It’s not that he shouldn’t talk to others, but when he speaks, he says too many words to get to his point, and often repeats himself. Saturday night we went to the Friends Becoming Family (FBF) monthly birthday dinner at Claim Jumper (pic). We had a great time with Tym and his wonderful friends from church. We came home and watched the end of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), but it was pretty lame.
Sunday we woke up and Tym and his daughters, Rebecca and Stephanie, went to church. Everyone was excited to see Tym, as usual. A really touching moment was when everyone was going around giving thanks for things and Tym stood up and said, “I’m just thankful, cuz it was really close there. I’m glad those guys were running behind me and saved my life. I’m just thankful to be here.” After church, Tym was treated to lunch by his friends Alan and Sandy (thanks!) at Mimi’s Cafe. Tym came home and worked on his journal and read all about his implanted defibrillator. We had another home-cooked meal, then went back to the rehab center.
Tym is doing much better this weekend. He is more helpful and more aware of his environment. He will take actions when appropriate instead of waiting for someone to ask him. He even figured out his own medications correctly while I was cooking, and I double checked before he took them. We can’t wait to celebrate Thanksgiving with Tym, we are so glad to be able to enjoy the holidays with our dad, brother, son, and friend. Thank you all!
November 18th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
What a nice picture of you and Tym! I hope you guys know you’re welcome to stop by our house for a home-cooked meal, too. I’ll be making tamales for Thanksgiving, so when you’re tired of turkey, let me know.
Love Mom & Brent
November 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Hey Tym and Family,
We are glad to see you having fun. I have finished most of my out-of-state training and we will all be by to visit you soon. Happy Thanksgiving if we do not see you before then! We wish you continued success.
With Love,
Nathan, Gildred, Natalie, and Gabrielle
November 19th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Tym and Family,
Wishing you all a wonderful week! Our love and prayers are with you each day. We are amazed at the progress in Tym. Lunch was a special time for us, we were BLESSED!!
God Bless you this week. Jesus LOVES each one of you very much. Happy
Thanksgiving…
See you soon Tym, keep reading and work hard, with the therapy this week.
Our Love To You,
Sandy and Alan xoxoxoxoxo
November 19th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Glad to hear that so much progress continues to be made, Tym. Keep it up. As I’ve said before, you are in the thoughts and prayers of your many friends at The Aerospace Corporation.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Hi Tym and family! We had a great time at the FBF birthday dinner. I think that is a super picture of Tym and Jeremy (Wow! You were able to get that picture from my (Mary) camera phone!) It did turn out nice. Tym, we want to take you out to lunch, dinner, or a movie soon. Thanks for calling us on the phone. You are doing doing so much better.
We love you & are praying for you!
Jim and Mary Parke