It's been a week since Scott moved back into his house and it seems to be going alright so far. He has great neighbors who are keeping an eye out for him, and so far he's had someone visit him each day (me, our stepmom Dianne and his friend Dave, who put up some additional railings on the stairs for him, Matt who had his dog). I spoke to him today and he thought this might be the first day without a visitor, but he seems fine with that.

His dog Cash came home Friday after 4 months living it up at 'camp' with Scott's friend Matt and his family. Life will definitely slow down for Cash now but Scott certainly was happy to have him home. It will be good for Scott to have to get up to let the dog out and make sure he's fed.

Hopefully now that Scott is home he'll start to feel a bit more motivated and driven to work towards recovery (i.e., eating, moving around, doing his home exercises). We will continue to take him to outpatient therapy at North Memorial twice each week. He'll start on vestibular therapy (to work on the inner ear / balance issues) on the 27th in St. Paul. We met with an awesome psychologist last week who specializes in traumatic brain injuries (in fact he co-founded the MN Brain Injury Alliance) and Scott really liked him (phew!). It was very educational and I hope Scott will benefit from meeting with him regularly.

As you may recall from my last post, my family and I will be in Brainerd this week and unable to visit Scott. Dianne will take him to therapies Tuesday and Thursday but I don't think he has any other visitors planned during the week. I know he always appreciates a visit or phone call from his friends.