March 13, 2017: Day +113

Spring is about to be sprung here.  The weather here has been very plesant these past few days.  After the worst winter in anyone's recent memory the warmth and sunshine feels great. Notice Doug has his shades on and no jacket after a stroll outside. He is having a problem keeping his feet on the small foot rest of his chair and so his nurse tucked a sheet around his legs to help keep them in place. It worked and that is all the help he needed.

Today, the Physical Therapist arranged for a vendor to bring over a wheelchair for Doug to try out. I was a little surprised by this after our family meeting last week. I don't want to buy a wheelchair because our portion is very expensive.  Our cost will be around $2000.  The insurance company will not buy to many wheelchairs in a person's life. And so you want to make sure you get it right if you order one. I found a chair at Knights of Columbus that will work if it seems like Doug will need a chair for a period of time when he gets home.  I must say though we are keeping the goal of Doug walking front and center.  He has not gone through all this for nothing. We hope the bigger chair will only be transitional if he needs it at all.  The nice part of Knights of Columbus is that they will give us the chair free and we only need to buy new batteries which cost around $200.   So we shall see how all this goes....

I want to thank Jerry and Ingrid.  They surprised us with the sweetest card with a check to help us with all the additional costs that are coming. Thank you so much Jerry and Ingrid!

With grateful hearts for progress and support we pray:

Holy Life Giving God, we thank you for warm weather and blue skys.  We thank you for long days and sunshine.  As we travel towards Easter, guide our thinking and guide our practices, so that we will be may be transformed and renewed. Amen