Something sounds different

The title of this post is somewhat misleading. When I spoke with Dad this morning, he sounded different from what we've been hearing since the beginning of March, but much more like himself pre-stroke. His voice was less croaky, and he was able to get out a lot more words. He said that it was still hard work talking, but it seems like LS's suspicion (mentioned back on 7 April) was correct: his vocal cords were spasming shut. It's clearly taking some deliberate effort for Dad to relax the cords, as the croaky, halting speech went and came while we talked, and he allowed as he needed a break after 15 minutes, but still, it was a wonderful conversation. The whole family here got to hear a lot from him.