The following is an e-mail update on George Knapp from his daughter, Carol:
Thought I'd let you know what is going on with dad. He is slowly making progress. Today the speech therapist checked his vision, and he read well. So it would seem that his vision is okay. He was able feed himself supper last night and breakfast this morning without any major problems swallowing. He is speaking, and able to make some responses; he made choices on his noon meal to the dietary aid this morning. Karen took his razor in this morning, per OT request so she could work on shaving with him. Well, dad took the razor and proceeded to shave himself without any prompting and did a great job.
The biggest all around concern is his inability to move his right side. We pray that he will gain strength in the coming days/weeks and regain his mobility and ability to care for his daily activities. More than likely he will be going from the hospital to nursing home for rehab. He was to have a carotid endarterectomy on Monday, July 18th. The doctor is still considering having that done (to clean out the clogged carotid artery the goes up to the brain).
Thank you to everyone for you e-mails, prayers and love. It is wonderful to have this family in Christ to reach out to.
We have our annual family gathering this week-end here at home. This morning Karen was quite insistent that no matter where dad is (hospital or nursing home), he will be brought home for a few hours to be with family. Which I'm sure he will enjoy.
Mom is doing well with this whole situation. We all know that dad's life is in God's hands, no matter what happens.
Til next time...thanks and God Bless,
Carol
