Saturday, January 17, 2009

Welcome to the world of ice and snow...and minus temperatures! Cleveland has been in the deep freeze for several days now, and yesterday never made it out of the minus numbers, with -2 being the high! Now, why did I leave Florida?????

Mark called last night and told us it was chilly there too, but 40s and 50s seem downright balmy to us about now. We had not talked to him for two evenings because he was "too busy." Jess left on Tuesday and arrived back home in Sydney on Wednesday safe and sound. Mark misses everyone but is doing well. His therapies have been going well and his spirits are great. He has been spending a lot of time in the weight room at his little complex and since he is the only patient currently, he has the place to himself. They are expecting to add a couple of more patients this week. He is looking forward to some company, but admitted that he was perfectly content being the only one there with the nurses and therapists! He was planning on going to the park with the nurses today to do some sketching, if the temps warm up a bit. I guess he has a backload of laundry to do because the washer in the Transitional unit is on the blink, so his nurse was going to take him back to the fifth floor and help him use the washer there.

Rich is doing very well with the shoulder rehab. He had his first formal session with the physical therapist on Thursday and found out she had trained at the Tampa VA. Small world. He is not having any pain (in fact, it's much better than before the surgery) and is doing his exercises faithfully two to three times a day. He does not have to wear the sling in the house and with the exception of a particular movement because of the tendon repair, he can move his arm just about every way so far. The staples come out on Monday, so we will know more then.

We are hoping all continues to go well so that once he is done with rehab we can go to visit Mark. And enjoy some warmer weather!