Dear Family and Friends,
So many days and so few words, until now. Visitors are even coming from out of state! My cousin, Ennis and his wife Nancy Carol, came to visit Anita Wed and Thurs. from VA. What a very nice surprise. Then on Friday Lynn Turnage and daughter, Catherine, came by to meet Anita for the first time. Now Anita knows who I've been talking about for the last year or so.
Then Eric came down for a quick weekend visit. ( he's been under a lot of work pressure in Jan. ((an annual event )) and wanted to see Mom before she escaped the coop. Then Friday also the hip doctor says she can start putting weight on the left leg ! Let's hear it for Anita getting to stand up with equal weight on both feet.
No one raises the issue of the shoulder anymore, so we figure it must to healing on its own. The next step is to make the trip home and for Ed to engage in cooking one o one with intense supervision. We still have some frozen meals received along the way that we need to thaw out for just such an occasion. Tomorrow is day 72, only two more to go before the next level. This is going to be a little scary for Anita, so keep her on your list. Thank you again, ed
Ed and Anita
A nice night to remember
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Gone, but not lost - I'm Back !
Dear Family and Friends,
It was sort of an uneventful weekend and then it stretched in Monday, throw in a pestering, hacking cough and I'm in bed by nine. The decision is in, first the catheter out Wed am and Anita out next Tuesday PM. Just ask Anita and she's the first to admit , it's a little bit scary. Sort of like, Eli Manning. Two to three minutes to go and the clock is running. They gave Anita several days to make up for the erector set removal and a day of checking and rechecking the blood thinner situation. ( orig. talked about discharge this Fri.)
The future is some home rehab with visiting rehab folks and some visits to the rehab office at Emory Hospital's rehab facility. Kenny is going to build a short ramp so we can roll from the garage into the kitchen. Our doors are not all that wide so we'll need a narrow wheel chair to move around the house and into the bathroom and maybe a more normal wheel chair to carry with us when we travel. As you might guess, we're talking some new territory here.
So I will say good bye to my guest qtrs at Allison and Kenny's house and head back out to Covington. Thank you for being with us, it's amazing to think back sixty seven days and try to comprehend all the support we have received. We will be contacting many family and friends in the months to come. Take care and we'll get back to more reg. blogging. ed
It was sort of an uneventful weekend and then it stretched in Monday, throw in a pestering, hacking cough and I'm in bed by nine. The decision is in, first the catheter out Wed am and Anita out next Tuesday PM. Just ask Anita and she's the first to admit , it's a little bit scary. Sort of like, Eli Manning. Two to three minutes to go and the clock is running. They gave Anita several days to make up for the erector set removal and a day of checking and rechecking the blood thinner situation. ( orig. talked about discharge this Fri.)
The future is some home rehab with visiting rehab folks and some visits to the rehab office at Emory Hospital's rehab facility. Kenny is going to build a short ramp so we can roll from the garage into the kitchen. Our doors are not all that wide so we'll need a narrow wheel chair to move around the house and into the bathroom and maybe a more normal wheel chair to carry with us when we travel. As you might guess, we're talking some new territory here.
So I will say good bye to my guest qtrs at Allison and Kenny's house and head back out to Covington. Thank you for being with us, it's amazing to think back sixty seven days and try to comprehend all the support we have received. We will be contacting many family and friends in the months to come. Take care and we'll get back to more reg. blogging. ed
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