January 24th, 2024

Hello all of you, and good morning. On my schedule this week, I had a 2:00pm meeting with Beth, who is a fantastic physical therapist. I have not seen her for quite a long time so it will be awesome to see her again. Obviously in the month of January, it is way too cold for me to go swimming at the View Ridge pool and tennis club that is close to my house. I am mentioning this because Beth is awesome with helping to {move/walk} on my feet in the water. I am practicing swimming with my back facing down in the water, and with my stomach facing down in the water as well. So, this exercise is like practicing doing both freestyle and backstroke swimming.

On Saturday Evening, I went with my sister Sabrina to a movie at AMC, and the movie is titled “Wonka”. The movie was awesome, and the movie theater was great as well. This movie tells the wondrous story of a young man who is dreaming of his mom and wants to show her that he has achieved his goal of becoming the world’s greatest chocolate-maker…! His name is “Willy Wonka”, which is probably what many of us already know.

On Tuesday, January 23rd I celebrated my 54th birthday…! I started the day with two early meetings at Harborview Hospital starting at 7:30am. My first meeting there was to have a CT head scan taken, and my second meeting was with Dr. Williams, who I haven’t seen in a year. He did many tests to see my progress since the last time I met with him.

For dinner, Elise and I went to the restaurant Aqua in downtown Seattle, and we had a fantastic meal…! As we were leaving Aqua, Elise and I took some photos of the sculpture park..!


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11 responses to “January 24th, 2024”

  1. mattdavis9 Avatar
    mattdavis9

    Happy belated Birthday, Jonathan! Would love to see you soon buddy!

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    1. Terriko Somers Avatar
      Terriko Somers

      Happy Birthday Jonathan!!! Sounds like you had a lovely night with your honey! Hope to see ya soon.

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      1. Hi Terriko and thank you so much for your birthday wishes of me!

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  2. Happy birthday!! Sounds like you and Elise had a wonderful dinner. I have eaten there before and really liked the diversity of the menu. I bet your doctors were shocked with your fantastic improvements! Now I can rely on you to teach me to swim better.

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  3. sundogbanjo Avatar
    sundogbanjo

    Dad!! So proud of you. Give mom a squeeze for me, love you both!

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  4. adenspencer Avatar
    adenspencer

    ^That was from me (Aden)

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  5. Sounds like it was a great day! Haven’t seen Wonka, but have heard it’s good. Cheers to 54!

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  6. Dana Krueger Avatar
    Dana Krueger

    Hi Jonathan! Happy Birthday!! What a fun celebration you had! I bet your doctor was so amazed at all your progress! We are very proud of you!

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  7. ebonipart Avatar
    ebonipart

    Happy Birthday! Dinner and a movie are a great way to celebrate. I hope that Brian and I can have dinner out with you and Elise when we get back to Seattle.

    Wishing you many happy returns!

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  8. jkheriaty Avatar
    jkheriaty

    Happy birthday, Jonathan! Thank you for sharing your stories and progress with us. We enjoy it and continue to pray for you and your family!

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  9. jenyerkes Avatar
    jenyerkes

    Happy Belated Birthday Jonathan! We saw Wonka and loved it too. Sounds like you had a lovely birthday, cheers to a fantastic year ahead! Jen and Phil

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