 Today was the first full day back at home. Debbie was off early to work and back in time for my late afternoon doctor’s appointment. The visiting nurse came by to change my PIC dressing and to draw blood. She will do this on each Monday over the next few weeks. My infectious disease doctors(…)
 I arrived home right after 10 a.m. this morning. We were able to get out of the hospital a little earlier than anticipated. The exit from the hospital was not the send off on December 10th which was okay. Sunday’s are pretty laid back days, so we did all of our goodbyes on a personal(…)
 I am looking forward to going home tomorrow morning. I will get home in time for a visiting nurse to come and give us the orientation in time for the 1 p.m. antibiotic dose. Today Debbie was here for the day and Christian and Bridget and grand-kids came up for a visit and lunch. I(…)
Tomorrow is my final therapy day and then home on Sunday. It has been good to be back at Northern Colorado Rehab Hospital. This is an excellent facility and with my knowledge of the staff is has been like “old home week.” This afternoon was another good occupational therapy day..Barry my OT the last two(…)
I had a productive day of therapy today. I walked with the walker more working on turns and the transition from a smooth to a carpeted surface. This afternoon I had a good occupational therapy session. Pastor Steve Harris came during this time and was able to observe the regimen that I can go through(…)
 Today, I walked thirty feet with the walker. That is the longest distance that I have walked since going home on December 10th.I also was able to lift forty-five pounds on the triceps exercise machine(known as the rickshaw see picture above). This afternoon I worked on getting back into my wheelchair from a crawling position.(…)
