The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey July 13, 2014

Improbably So

A relatively lazy day for me today: just shopping, laundry, and coffee roasting. Yard stuff consumed the Saturday. Hot and muggy, still tonight, but storms are coming, and cooler weather is (unusually) due by mid-week (yay!) The garden is starting to produce some tomatoes and more peppers to join the zucchini and cucumbers. Maybe first salsa next week! Marcia's doing great. Up and down the stairs like a champ ... a hobbling champ, but much progress every day. She may be done with the cane by the end of this week, too, which is stellar. In my tiny elective time,…

Brian Bilbrey July 6, 2014

Summer Arrives in Force

Yeah, we're making mid-90's and up this time of year (both temp and humidity), although that storm gave us a couple of nice days in the mid-80's, Friday and Saturday. Marcia news: She's mostly tapered off her pain meds, with a plan to be fully off by week's end (or earlier), and driving, too! She got fed up with the walker by Friday, and put it to the side. Now she's using the cane everywhere, which is much better for her in several ways. Her gait is better, and she leans less on the cane than she did on the…

Brian Bilbrey June 30, 2014

At the Edge of the Woods

We're not out of them yet, but there's more scrub brush at the edges, right? Stuff that needs pushing through before we can be out of the woods? Yeah, that's it. Overall, Marcia's doing well. We got here home midday on Wednesday, and had formal outpatient PT on both Thursday and Friday. We managed a lot (relatively) of exercise yesterday, including a couple of walks up and down the sidewalk on our block. So she's improving rapidly. Today: blood test (for effectiveness of blood thinner) and PT. Me? By the time I was done with all the chores plus the…

Brian Bilbrey June 24, 2014

Another Marcia Update

As of this evening, she's still in hospital. All of the Occupational and Physical Therapy goals have been met, but her hematocrit number remains low (but not alarmingly so). So they decided to keep her another day. Excellent day of movement, up and down stairs plus lots of walking about. That's all I've got for you, now. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey June 23, 2014

Hip Replacement Update(s)

Update 1130 EDT: We were up at 0430 this morning, and left for the hospital at 0520. Got her into pre-op by 0630, with surgery scheduled to begin at 0840. Lots of paperwork and people coming in and asking Marcia what her name was, and why she was in the hospital. I *still* think she should have made a list, and given a different answer to each questioner. The staff might not have found that amusing, however. They wheeled her back into the OR at 0830. I went into the waiting area, and ... waited. At 10:15, Marcia's surgeon reported…