UPDATE
Shawn and I went up to see Mike tonight, and give him the iPad.
Mike is improving by the day, he's got a few more words and more movement, is able to walk unassisted. Still some right side issues, but it's improving.
We brought out the iPad and he was pretty taken. We went over a few of the simple things, the text to voice app, and a few others. We downloaded Skype ( not active yet, I bumbled something ) , and he has Facetime for those who have that on an iThing.
All the info seemed to over whelm him a bit, but in time, he'll get it all worked out. HE was doing much better in the few days since I'd last seen him
Val ( mike's wife ) said possibly a 6-9 month time frame to get back to relatively normal is what the Dr's are saying at this time.