The visiting nurse came out Sat. to check on his surgical wound (?). It should be healed by this week. He was visited by his PT today. He got up and walked around outside for the first time since Friday (two houses down and back). We are not quite as stern (unbending, strict, ) with him as his San Pedro PTs. They would come and force him to do the exercises. If he was not feeling well, they gave him a few hours of a break, then came and got him. We need to be of the same mind.
The trick is to clear everything out of the way so he can freely get around. That means the elimination if clutter. Our trash cans are full each week and deliveries to salvation army are becoming frequent. The engineer and teacher in both of us are slowly adjusting to a non collective mindset. Rolling furniture and rocking chairs are out, folding heavy duty camp chairs with arms are temporarily in. The little things that I have neglected over the years have become potential obstacles to a walker.
Most things are supposed to be temporary. The wheels chair is on a 6 month lease, the bio feedback contraption is month to month. The doctors are expecting him to improve and eventually not need some of the equipment. So as we say goodbye to some of our stuff, it is a process of letting go, vs. temporarily moving it to storage.
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