When I asked Lee how he would describe his day today, he thought for a minute and said,"Push". What he means by this is that each time he returns to the Center for Living he is asked to push a little more. If he had walked a certain length in 30 minutes, today he was pushed to walk the same distance in 20 minutes. If he had been lifting 10 lbs of weight yesterday, he was asked today to lift 20 lbs. today. Sometimes more repititions are added, etc. Today, so many repititions and extended times were added that he finished at 4:00 instead of 3:30 as is usual. Lee does not complain. He is actually exhilerated by all the work because he is now seeing the good results.
Our days continue to be very busy. The mornings are filled with recordings of weight, blood pressure, blood sugars and all the medications. There is barely enough time between breakfast and lunch to work in a shower! It seems that we just barely meet the deadline to rush out the door to the CFL @ 12:00 each day. I return and usually run an errand or grocery stop. Some days I just rest! I return to the CFL @ 3:30 to pick up Lee and we are usually back at the condo by 4:30. Lee will try to get a short nap in and I begin preparations for supper that we will have at 6:30. Sandwiched in between all the necessary things to do are, of course, all the medications................they are never-ending.
It is good that we have a rigorous schedule and that we are very busy. If it were not so, we would be terribly homesick for our grandchildren! We do have some pictures here (my refrigerator door is my hall of fame), but I am sure the grandchildren have grown and changed in the past four months. It is good to live in such a time that we do have imnmediate communication. That does make things more bearable.
We have missed Dennis and Betsy this past week. They have been in California visiting their children and grandchildren. They will return to Raleigh by the week-end. We will look forward to seeing them again.
Lee wants Bill Canipe to know how good it was to talk to him today. Bill, you and Debbie are in our prayers and we are wishing the best for you. Do not give up!
More Later.................................................................Brenda
Hi Brenda & Lee.....just a note to say how pleased we are that Lee is doing so well again and hope things continue to improve. Wanted to say hello, again, and let you both know I continue to pray for you and think of you daily. Hope it won't be tooooo much longer before you are able to return home, maybe for good real soon!! Thinking about you both. Dorothy Johnson
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