Gone Shopping!

When Lee left the Center for Living on Friday he was advised to continue walking over the week-end.  The therapist told him not to walk outside in the heat but to find a good cool place to walk.

After lunch we decided it was time for an outing.  We had decided to go to the new Harris Teeters on Guess Road.  That is an area that is not overly developed and we were looking for a cool place that would most likely have the fewest patrons.  Since Lee had also been advised to get a really good pair of shoes, we decided that would be the first stop of our shopping trip.  After driving around and around looking for the name of the street, we finally found it.  To explain further, we had been told it was located on 9th street and called 9th street sports shoes...............however, the address is Iredell Street.  Let me tell you, Iredell street, after passing all of 9th street is a small insignificant residential street.  We almost missed it, but as we followed along we finally crossed Markham and there it was!  After having driven approximately 40 blocks or so, we discovered it was actually only about 3-5 blocks from the condo.....llittle did we know!

Anyway, Lee was able to go into the nice, cool store, have his feet evaluated for a good fit and found a really good pair of Brooks sports shoes.  He was very pleased.  After leaving the shoe store we wanted to be able to find the State Employees Credit Union so we turned on Markham, then Buchanan and finally to Guess Road.  We finally found it and then decided to go to Harris Teeters (in that same area) for Lee to walk in a cool area and for me to pick up some more groceries.  Lee did great!

Now we are back at the condo after refreshing ourselves with some ice cream.  ( It is 101 degrees outside ). The groceries have been put away and Lee is napping.  I can't tell you what a joy it is to be able to go shopping together again.  Lee is getting stronger everyday.  We both realize it will take a while yet but the good news is that we do see progress.

Another good thing about today is that he has not had an irregular pulse during the past 24 hours!  We have been more concientious of his fluid intake and added more high protein, sugar free drinks.  I am trying to make sure his electrolytes stay in balance because he is still on a high dose of diuretics.

Hope all you fellow bloggers are staying cool.  We will certainly stay in the air-conditioning the remainder of this day and I might just join Lee for a nap!

Take Care.................................................More Later..................................Brenda