Saturday October 19th

Debbie and I made the trip back to the hospital from the hotel in Lansdale. It is a beautiful drive through some unbelievable historic countryside. We went though a little town called Ambler where there is this sprawling estate called the Villa. I was amazed to find out that it is an orphanage established in 1911 and move in 1936 to the present location, which was the Lindenwold Estate.

As you get closer in to Philadelphia you pass through Germantown another beautiful area. This will be a great place to come back an spend some time sightseeing.

Once we arrived at the hospital we were greeted by Joe one of the occupational therapist, he had gotten Christopher out of bed, dressed and fed. He gave us a tour of the unit and introduced us to Caitlin who would be one of the physical therapist working with Christopher. Everyone is so nice, it is very comforting. His nurse last night Lorda was great and Lauren today seems very nice as well.

Joe also took Christopher, Debbie and I outside for a walk around the facility grounds. The facility is in the middle of downtown Philadelphia's crowded streets but it is beautiful.

The "Ghost Buster" building

Beautiful church down the street from the hospital

I got us moved to the new hotel in Mt. Laurel, NJ is is about 15-20 minutes away com paired to 45 minutes. It is just across the Delaware River over the Ben Franklin Bridge with a $5 toll, I wasn't ready for that.

Nice location, plenty of places to eat and it's between two malls. It will be interesting to see how the workday traffic is on Monday.

I got back to the hospital just in time for Christopher and I to watch the Auburn Tigers beat the Texas A&M Aggies, what a great win for the Tigers.

Christopher has been complaining about the long leg cast most of the day, so Debbie was able to get into touch with Dr. Morris one of Dr. Baldwin's residents to get permission to cut it down a bit. The top edges were a little sharp. So after talking with him, one of the attending here came in and we were able to cut about an inch off the top and reinforce the padding at which point Christopher settled down and eventually was able to rest.

Debbie and I went to the hotel around 9pm we stopped at a little diner similar to the Marietta Diner for dinner and then off to bed.