Good afternoon.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  Tom enjoyed the plate of turkey, mashed potatoes, jello, and fudge.  He hasn’t eaten the pumpkin pie yet.  He doesn’t want to mess up his sugar counts.  It seems that his evenings have more anxiety, and it takes Tom a while to calm down.  There are several reasons for that, side effect of stroke itself, stuck in the same room and in bed for hours on end, continue wonder if things are getting worse or better, and lastly sometimes the variety of meds.  Today, after arriving, Tom was frustrated with not being able to log into his work laptop. He knew the right login and password, but his fingers wouldn’t push the correct keys.  He was angry, warm, didn’t appear to enjoy seeing me.  Eric happen to show up at that moment, and I went out to visit with Julie and kids.  They got to talking about football and all seemed okay.  Julie and kids said hi and they left.  I went back in, and Tom’s lunch had arrived.  He was enjoying it very much.  Cutting his own meat, using fork and knife.  He asked me a question about the game, and when I turned to answer, Tom was just staring straight forward and non responsive.  The nurse and neurologist on call came in, They laid Tom back, and he began to respond.    The event really tired him out, and he slept a bit.  I asked the doctor if we really were making progress.  He said yes, but it’s going painfully slow.  Timing for all this was the entire fourth quarter of the game.  Now, he was asking what happened, and ready to finish lunch.  Wow, this is very scary and frustrating.  Tom is currently, rambling and apologizing to everyone for his behavior.  He even said sorry dear, and wanted to give me a back rub.  All is stable at the moment.  Oh, forgot to say that he is in a sitting position, in the bed.  Baby steps.  Love you all.