Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled

Santa and the mailman were very good to Grandpa Jean this year. More gifts came today.

He said, 'We need to do this again, really soon!" He's happy.

Merry Christmas

We are thankful for the health care helpers who come in and help care for Jean. He enjoys the visits also. April came today. She is competent, cheerful and caring, and we appreciate her very much. She brought a Christmas card for Jean. Here they are reading it together.
Merry Christmas to all of you!

Anniversary

Delpha Pruhs was nineteen when she met Jean Charles at a church dance. Delpha and her friend Maurine were impressed with his good looks and nice manners. After the dance, he asked if he could take the two girls home.  Delpha said his car "was really something. Pretty old, and he had rebuilt the roof with chicken wire to reinforce it. It was a rainy night, and the roof leaked in a few places, but we didn't care. We went for a drive before going home, and got stuck in the mud, and we all had to get out and push."

Soon they were dating. Jean was baptized on April 1, 1939.

They were married on December 7, 1939 in the Alhambra ward chapel. Delpha made her wedding dress and the dresses of all her bridesmaids. She and her dad decorated the church. Her mom made the wedding cake.

After the beautiful reception, they embarked on a short honeymoon to Mexico.

The second person to the right of Delpha is June Charles. Next to Jean is Jean's very good friend Joe Tomlinson, who introduced Jean to the church. Next to Joe is Delpha's brother Parley.  I don't know the names of the other members of the wedding party.

P.S. Chocolate

A 'P.S.' to what I wrote earlier about Jean loving chocolate, and mail of any kind.

He likes only milk chocolate (not dark), and it needs to be soft (no nuts).

Just thought I should add that!  Thanks.

Physical Therapy

Jean's physical therapy after his stroke ended in the summer when he reached a certain level and was making no more progress.

Then, several weeks ago, he had a TIA (mini stroke). There were no lasting effects except that he was much weaker.  

John spoke to the nurse from MD2U and asked if they could recommend therapy for him again. The therapist came and checked his condition. He said that yes, Jean is certainly weaker now than he was in the summer. Also, since he is lying down and sleeping about 20 hours a day (up only 3-5 hours daily), his muscles have contracted. The therapist will come twice weekly and do stretching and strengthening exercises with him.  In addition, she left instructions for a few simple exercises for him to do daily.

 He pedals on this machine like on a bicycle. There is resistance to it, so it strengthens the muscles in the legs.  Jean joked that this is "a waste of time. I'm not going anywhere."