Two Years Today — Drivin’ Around

Today is Wednesday … April 29, 2009. Date sound familiar? Yes! It was 2 yearsago today Kathy suffered her stroke. There has been an amazing amount of prayer support and love from all of you. Kat could be discouaged and dismayed (altho she does have days like that), but she is holding strong and moving forward. Listen to this:

Tuesday we drove to Greenfield, NH to the Crotched Mtn Rehab Center. Here, Kat had an appointment to be confirmed to get back behind the wheel. The first part of her visit was talking with the driver instructor about basic road stuff (signs, situations, etc) as well as taking an eye test. Memory skills were also tested and she did very very well! Her vision skills revealed 20/20; her memory test was very good and her remembering road situations were ok! The instructor then got the car, fitted the steering wheel with a ball (which included a special electrical device with 3 switches: 1-L/R directional signaling; 2-wiper switch and 3-horn and high beam switch) and put Mike in the backseat and Kat in the driver seat!

After a few trips around the Rehab complex, the instructor had Kat drive off campus onto the roadway. Her reactions at stop signs, lights, on-coming traffic, etc was remarkable! The instructor then had her head for downtown Peterboro! Yes! Pedestrians, lights, school buses, tight turns, traffic …all of it. Again, her driving was remarkable (especially for someone who hadn’t been behind the wheel on her own for over 2 years). The instructor basically told Kat that she was ready to drive again! The only concern he had was that she hadn’t been driving in such a long while, he would like her to do a few more trips with him. He also wanted her to have the car we own fixed for the device he had because everything (signalling, high beam switch and wiper switch) was on the left side … which she’s still working on but yet not working on her! By the way, this is the other remarkable thing: she drove using this “new-to-her” device with very little difficulty. Only twice did she hit the wiper by mistake and drove in 92 degree weather with a brilliant sun and once she beeped her horn! AMAZING!

This has been a dream for her for a long while … to drive once again. Prayer is being answered and the reality of her behind the wheel is coming to pass! There’s great excitement in the Tremblay household!

As you can see — 24 months and the journey goes on. Join us again as we update Kat’s dynamic improvement!

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