Sunday October 14

There are just moments when you know you are getting closer to the end of the journey.  One of them was Saturday night as we were sitting in the our living room watching the LSU game and had nowhere to rush off too.  Gosh, we miss our home and how sweet it felt.  Looking at Donna sitting in her regular soft chair, it was possible for a minute to believe that all of this has just been a dream.

The truth is though we still have excitement. Friday as we were arriving from Galveston into Houston for Donna's Doctor appointment my car overheated as we pulled into the Doctor's parking garage.  Truth is I have been thinking about the potential for car trouble considering the usage, miles and the vintage of the Dodge Durango I have been essentially living in these past months (2004 with 142,000 miles).  Considering that I needed to drive Donna back to Galveston that evening, I knew we had a challenge.  After the appointment we hurried to a nearby Firestone where John met us and graciously gave up his car for the journey back.  All has been rectified.  It was good to know that we had a long list of people we could have called.  The idea of being stranded on the side of the road with Donna didn't look too appealing.

Not much to say yet about Donna's doctor appointment as we will see the second opinion on Monday.  More to say after the subsequent discussion.  We do remain optimistic.  One thing I can share though is that the doctor said she needs to get up on those legs and work aggressively now.  He even put it in writing to her therapist.  The easy days are over but we should see much progress.  Yeah!

Despite all of the anticipation and forethought of finally getting the weekend at home, it seems there was just no way to prepare for the joy of waking up in the morning and just seeing Donna there.  Sometimes you just don’t know what you are going to miss the most, and that was it.  Celebrating at our parish with our church community was great too.  Donna seemed to really enjoy it.  All day Sunday she was content just to sit and visit in the living room from her favorite chair.  To hear her talk about it, she had no idea how much she was going to enjoy it either.  Barring the unforeseen, weekends at home are now the standard and we couldn’t be happier.  John and I reminisced with Donna about how at the beginning we could not imagine this day.  I think Donna finds her sleeping time all just a bit hard to fully comprehend.  

This week is all about finalizing the medical plans for her leg and seeing if the therapy in Galveston gets us there.  

All good though.  We smile on.

Bob