Just Like the Old Days

On Tuesday, Mike’s 2nd day off … Kat got to sleep in, enjoy the sun on her front porch (and enjoy visiting with passer-bys), workout on that porch with the PT, walk stairs and in the road, and eventually around the house to view her garden (THANKS, MARY!). Then at around 1:30pm, we climbed into [...]

Two Months and Counting

Today (Sunday, June 24th) is the eighth week (Sunday, April 29th) since Kat feel limp on her left side due to a stroke (Brain Attack). So two months later, she is home and surviving in her surroundings. She is enjoying being with her boys (Mike, the husband; Tim and Pete, the sons; and Brent, the [...]

AGAIN?

Yes … yet again Kat visited the emergency room on Thursday after the visiting nurse reported to Kathy’s doctor that her BP (blood pressure) was higher than she liked. The doctor’s office called and asked for Kathy to go to the ER immediately. When she arrived at Speare in Plymouth, they were expecting her as [...]

Hospital Visit … Again?

On Sunday, seven weeks to the day from her Stroke, Kat was back in the ER due to swelling and infection in her left leg (below the knee and above the foot). As you recall, the left side is the affected side. After visiting with the Doctor, he determined that she got an infection probably [...]

Finally Home … the First Day

As we drove into the Conference last night at around 10:40pm, there it was the sign’s message welcoming Kat home. Her sleep was a bit interupted by her need to lay more on her side but all in all she did very well. We got up at around 6:15am so I could help her into [...]

HomeComing Day Arrives!

Our good fiend, Carl stopped by the Rehab on his way home from work last night – much like he did last week when he brought Kat some fried Ipswich clams and onion rings – this time to gather all of Kathy;s things to bring by the house. When Mike got home from work at 8:30pm, the [...]

She WAS Home!

It was exactly 45 days and Kat came back to the home she loves and adores. She got to see her front porch and she walked up the stairway. She walked into her house and saw her dining room table that she cut down, sanded and refinished shortly before her accident. She sat in the [...]

Coming for a Home Visit

Today (Wednesday) the therapists at HealthSouth have scheduled an afternoon home visit and Kat will be coming with them – only to leave again a little later to finish her regiment at the Rehab.
It is like a home inspection to see how Kat will get around in her home enviornment. Carl said he’d be by [...]

WE DID IT!

The training by the Physical & Occupational Therapists was so complete and thorough that we made it thru the night without incident. The spaghetti and meatball supper was good. Kat stirred the sauce standing at the stove and tried desperately to crack the spaghetti in half – but she did a great job eating this [...]

Monday Madness

It is just 6am Monday morning and my day is beginning with prsie music to Jesus as I write this post. In just a few moments I will spend time with the Lord and prepare for the day in Concord. This is the day of my PT & OT Training at HealthSouth with Kat. and [...]