ONE DAY!!!

TERRY

I talked to Terry, her case manager and the doctor yesterday as I drove.  Terry sounded good.  She said the PT person had her stand for 3 minutes.  Then she did put one foot ahead of the other.  I know that sounds minimal BUT she said the PT person was very happy.  The doctor called and said that Terry is making progress but not as fast as they would like.  I think that will change but that is my opinion.  He sounded somewhat disappointed that we plan on coming to Naples in terms of her follow up care.  I explained why but I did add that could change.  I don't think it will but it could.  The case manager called and she seemed to understand WHY Naples.  She said they would help as much as possible.  There is a conference meeting about Terry at 11:00 AM Thursday and I will join that by phone.  ONE DAY AT A TIME FOR SURE.

The Odyssey came through with flying colors on the trip.  It was 870 miles in day 1 and 820 miles in day 2.  It took me through Iowa farm country for 150 miles which slowed down the trip but that was fun.  The country side looked lush and green.  It took me though 45 minutes of some of the heaviest rain I have ever seen as I drove towards Nashville in the mountains.   BUT it did fail to some degree over the last 6 hours.  All of a sudden the sound went out on the radio.  I could not get AM, FM, Sirus or anything.  Then the climate control would not come up.  I was able to get the map to come up but with no sound.  I pressed on the button that is for updating the system and it said I could not do that while driving.  I stopped at a rest stop and it said the same thing!  So over the last 6 hours yesterday I THOUGHT, sang and just drove.  THEN this morning I started the car and it looked like maybe I could update it.  It asked for our internet password and presto I had everything back.  Well it was kind of 6 hours too late but better late than never!

I have some work to do today.  I got a message from a tennis friend that has an address for renting HC items so I will go there today and look at wheelchairs.  I decided that I would do nothing in Naples in terms of beds, furniture etc until Terry gets here and can say what she would like.  I do need to do some things around the house also.  Then it is off to MN tomorrow and then several days to get things ready for coming back here.

I think my back is telling me today that it was kind of compromised over 24 hours of sitting in 2 days.  I think I will treat it carefully today.

That is about all for now.  I am just wondering how long I need to keep the mind set of "one day at a time"?  I did enjoy my FP this morning.