LAUGH FACTORY

another good day for my dad. his brother and sister-in-law, chris and gay, flew in and surprised my dad. he was glad to see them. when we went tonight to get my mom, my dad was making us laugh so hard. just about everything out of his mouth was hilarious. it's totally my dad's sense of humor, just turned up about 100 notches or so. i said, "dad you are so funny," and he said, "see that button on the wall? that's the humor button. you push it and you get some." he has also been asking about the accident. he was telling us tonight that he remembers riding the 4 wheeler, and that he was driving around like a maniac, well a careful maniac. and thinking that nothing could happen because it has a thumb throttle, and the next thing he remembers was a loud pop. i told him he cracked the helmet and he said, "super glue will fix that." it's so good to hear him laugh and talk like himself. he also got to drink a coke today and he said it tasted like heaven. he has been so thirsty for so long, i bet it did taste good. he also had about 8 cups of water or so. the dr said it sounds like his lungs are clearing up finally. tomorrow they are moving him into rehab. that will be so good for him. oh, tonight he was talking and all of a sudden without even thinking about it he lifted his left forearm all the way up. that is the most he had moved it. we said something about it and he did it again and circled his arm around a few times. i can't believe the progress he has made in just the past few days. it won't be long now until this is all just a memory (i hope anyway). oh, one more funny thing he said was that he has been watching the history of the history channel and it's on 4 different stations. and one more thing.... i asked him what he did for a living today and he said he "works at the post office and that he sends out invitations to get pregnant." what a nut. i wonder if he is really trying to be funny or if that's what he really thinks. it' s hard to tell because he seems so serious when he says certain things.