Day 3 (pg.48-71)

• he was parapeligic, but he could stand and walk a little, so he was considered a good candidate for physical therapy
• he underwent both occupational and physical therapy every weekday
• he was making visible progress in therapy, he was able to walk with a walker from his room to the nurses station(about 50 feet)
• he had retained most of his upper body function and a good deal of the lower body functions
• he left the hospital on December 22, 1976
• life out side the hospital was hard and in his house there were many obsticles that would get in his way (like stairs)
• during his time at the hospital he never got paid sick leave
• despite his thoughts of suicide, he was not truely depressed and he still ate well, slept well and he still kept his sense of humor
• his brain was the only part of the central cortex that still worked well