May 6 & 7

Day 83 & 84
This year is going to be one for the records for highs and lows. The telephone is getting to be a bit scary to answer, and my family is reeling from news and events that are coming our way. Still, life is to be lived to the fullest, so we intend to go ahead with a celebration in July, and hopefully it will be extra happy for the Mitchells.
I say that because the OT was discussing bringing Glenn home to visit and assess the house and other facilities to see how we could manage. We'll get a ramp put up, that was in the plan to help Glenn's mom, so now it will become a bit more of a priority. It will take a bit of co-ordinating of Glenn's timetable to do this, so I don't expect it to happen this week or even next, but soon after that. We of course we're excited to think that he could "get away" for a while. It just gets you thinking that he will be coming home soon. I hope so and pray every day for the healing and recovery be steady.
Glenn himself just cried as we discussed this, he can't control that aspect of his emotional response yet, but remember that it is part of the injury, and usually he is OK, just not able to hold in responses. We went for Speech, and they are going to have him assessed for speech assisting software, which he worried about becoming habit forming. The pathologist assured him that he would always be working on speaking, this would be an aid until he could get along without it. She said he may never actually need it, but the system is jammed, so she wanted his name on the list now in an effort to cover all bases. Of course Glenn told her that Macs are already capable of some of the things she was talking about! He knows lots of stuff, and it amazes me to see him still able to bring it to light, so to speak.
He will probably have his Botox injections on Friday this week. They say it takes a few days for the effect to kick in, so by Monday he should have more flexibility in his arm. I hope that the messages will start to come through then, I know Glenn is afraid that his right side won't work anymore. A sign of recovery there will be cause for more jubilation. He does more for himself all the time, he shaves and brushes his teeth, I help to finish around the edges, and moves himself around the chair to relieve the pressure. We're down to one man transfer in the therapy rooms, although the nurses still do two. There are probably regulations for that. I took him outside for a walk around the park, and it was nice and peaceful. The wind didn't even bother us too bad, so that was a good break. I told him I had a tick earlier in the day, and he wanted to do a tick check! Ha, I told him not 'til we get home.
Today we go for a conference, so we will get an update on how he is doing, and what the therapists feel is needing work. It won't be as intimidating, as we have gone through one before, and we know the people a bit better this time around. Still, one does feel to be under a microscope!
That's all for now, there continues to be visible progress, and I should say now that he is enjoying visitors, so please come if you would like to. I haven't really sent out an open invitation in case we were overwhelmed, but I think we could handle a bit more now. He is on the third floor in Wascana, just ask for directions at the front desk. P.S. there is an Art and Craft Show and Sale being held in the lobby on Friday, Saturday and Sunday if you would like to have a bit of an outing too.
'Til next time
Louise