Last night in the hospital

Tonight should be Dad's last night in the hospital. The plan is for him to get an implantable loop heart monitor in the morning, then move to an in-patient rehab facility.

The cause of Dad's stroke has not been clearly found. An atrial fibrillation is a leading candidate. The implant is less than two inches long, slipping under the skin and wirelessly communicating heart data for three years. The data should help to determine if there is something abnormal going on with his heart.

Dad's left hand started to wake up today. We could see him flexing the thumb and forefinger, and a couple of times, when rolled onto his right side, his hand latched on to the bed railing. These are little movements, admittedly, but being the first ones observed in more than 72 hours, those little movements are big deals.