Tuesday May 15th
Tracy climbed a full flight of stairs, 15 steps with the aid
of her Occupational and Physical therapists.
It took awhile but she made it!
Coming back down was another story.
It appeared to be overwhelming to her and she nervously came down
them. It just seems that if she could
just relax or gain more confidence things would be easier for her, I know due
time.
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| Halfway, half full or half empty? |
We had IVIG treatment #2 of dose 6 that afternoon and then
treated Trace to a cook out at home!
Drew, Tracy, Murphy and I finally had our first meal at home since
November 19th! Thank
God!!! It was simple but great. We ate on the patio and Murphy got Tracy’s
leftovers, just like old times.
Wednesday May 16th,
Tracy walked outside with a cane. This was her first time walking outside with
cane and did quite well. She also did a
load of wash in occupational therapy!
We finished treatment #3 about 6PM and ordered take out from
Wong’s Garden our favorite Chinese take out and took it back to Heartland.
Thursday May 17th,
I had an eye appointment at 8:45AM, had my eyes dilated, and
didn’t regain my site until after noon.
But got back in time to go outside for a lengthy walk with Tracy and the
therapists, thank God for sunglasses.
Then Tracy climbed that same flight of stairs again, but much easier than it was on Tuesday. Coming back down was much
easier too!
I was also informed that they would be teaching me how to do
Tracy’s tube feeds on Friday in anticipation of her pending discharge. At this point we were not sure when she would
be discharged (more on that later). She
then ate lunch, did well but needs to eat much more in order to get off of the
tube feeds.
IVIG #4 was completed around 5:15 and we headed to the
office. Once we got there Tracy
recognized the building and immediately made herself at home once inside. She walked with a walker straight to her
desk, sat down and started to rummage through her desk, just like she had just gotten back from vacation, a seven-month vacation.
Then dinner with Drew at Five Guys Burgers and Fries! She didn’t remember eating there before, but she ate
well! We returned back to Heartland
around 7:45, 15 minutes before visiting hours were over. But I stayed until 9:15, when Tracy fell
asleep. It may sound silly but I hate to
leave before she falls asleep.
Tracy and I also said goodbye to Drew tonight too. He is headed to Grayling fishing with Ed and
Josh Roden for the day tomorrow. I am
jealous and would’ve loved to gone but with Tracy’s discharge in the air and a possible golf outing Sunday, there was not way I could be away from her that much. They will have a great time and I am sure
they will be texting and rubbing it in!
That pretty much sums up the week so far.
Now on Tracy’s discharge.
She is currently scheduled to be discharged on Saturday morning May 25th. This is also when the insurance runs
out. Isn’t God good!
This
is where you come in. The later discharge means I can play golf on Sunday, provided I can get some friends scheduled to
visit Tracy on Sunday. My outing is at
10AM and would love to have 3 or 4 hours of visitors. My outing includes lunch and dinner and I
should return between 4-5PM. I am sorry
for the short notice, but if Tracy was to be discharged this Saturday, I wasn’t
going to play.
To help facilitate this I created the attached
calendar. My hope is that this website
works out well, so than people can schedule visits in blocks of time to allow
me to get to the office and take care of errands and things around the
house. So this next week is a trial run
for when Tracy comes home.
Here is the website: http://www.carecalendar.org/index.php?cid=113185
.
Here are the codes to get in:
CALENDAR ID : 113185
SECURITY CODE : 6428
Again my goal is not to force you into a time, except for this
Sunday, but rather see when people will visit, hopefully back to back or close
to each other, so that I can get some blocks to myself to get some things done.
Prayer Requests
1.
Tracy continue to progress at the rate she is.
2.
Drew and the Roden’s have a safe and great trip.
3.
That I can find sometime for myself and work.
4.
Thank God, for His goodness and miraculous healing and Drew's AP tests being over.
God Bless and “Never Give Up… Never Ever Give Up!”
Rob
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