Wow, unbelievable that it has been 21 days since I last posted. Time has really gotten away from me. More unbelievable is that it has been 307 days since Doug's Stem Cell transplant. These last few weeks I have been busy with work: getting a new school year started, trainings, busy with church related activities like attending Diocesan Council, preaching and teaching Sunday School. I also am teaching a class for NNU totally online and this has required me to develop some new skill sets. Life is returning to normal or perhaps a new normal.
Doug has continued to improve I am happy to report. He is now able to shower on his own in our regular shower stall. This is a big milestone. He is also getting more independent in walking and it is becoming more functional. He can walk with the walker,
and not just for exercise and practice walking. He is standing in the kitchen at the counter to make himself coffee and to get things out of the cupboard. In general he is becoming more independent. Such a Godsend.
We both had dental appointments this month. I was concerned for Doug's teeth after the chemotherapy, intubation and long hospital stay. But no need to worry. Both of us got an excellent report that our teeth are healthy and no cavities. Hooray! We both had eye appointments as well. Again, both of us got great reports. Doug's eyes can be corrected to 20/20 and my eyes have actually gotten better. It is so nice to have good news from the doctors.
Today we presented to the adult Sunday School at St. Michael's Cathedral on "Life as Pilgrimage". Putting the slide show together, required me to look at pictures over the last year and to read parts of the blog from last winter. I have not gone back and read any of the blog until now. Doug had not seen many of the pictures and had no memory of the time that he was so sick. It was like hearing it for the first time for him. We both end this day, feeling even more grateful for Doug's continued recovery and filled with hope that the progression of his MS has stopped.
And so we pray:
God of Life, God of Journey, God of Hope we give thanks for all that we have and all that we have been blessed with. We are grateful to call ourselves pilgrims. As we traverse this path to wholeness and healing we have found so many fellow travelers on the journey who have been willing to walk with us. We are grateful for their company and for their support. We are especially grateful for the strength that Doug has felt in the last week and for the hope he is experiencing in seeing his own recovery as possible. For this we give heartfelt thanks. Stay by us now dear Lord as we sleep and greet us in the morning, filling our hearts with hope as we look forward to the promise of the new day. Amen.
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