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I drove my truck two days ago for the first time in four months. I do still have a good right leg and good right hand, so as long as I was able to get up into the cab I could drive. The floor to the cab is quite high, at least two feet off…

Early in the morning yesterday, before getting out of bed, it came to me that it was going to be a wonderful day. As someone who believes that all good gifts come from God, I had to believe that the positive “vibe” had come from Him.  Our plans for the day were simply to go…

We bought tickets for a game between the Red Sox and Cardinals during the Christmas holiday period last year. Our son Mike and his wife, Amanda, were visiting at the time and together we wanted to get good seats for one of the games  that would be taking place in May, so we bought them…

Outpatient physical and occupational therapy ended on Friday of this past week, but that doesn’t mean therapy is done.  For about one week after being discharged from the hospital on March 6th we had in-home therapy. After that we began outpatient therapy, three days per week. That’s over now. But the work continues at home….

This may be a short post. There is not a whole lot I can report as progress, though the therapists tell me that they can see improvement at each session. I live in this fragile body, though, and can’t see it as it happens. It’s sort of like watching the face of a clock. You…

My last update was exactly two weeks ago, on April 13. That post was focused primarily on use of my left leg, and walking. Since then I have been walking exclusively with a hemi walker. My steps are slow and measured, but I’m walking, not riding in a wheelchair. We have, in fact given the…

A week ago I wrote that I was up in a walker and no longer in a wheelchair. The walker I was  referring to is called a platform  walker – just a standard walker except it has a “platform” for my left forearm attached to the left handle. It provides stability and allows me to…

After the stroke I spent 25 days in the hospital, thee days in ICU and a bit more than three weeks in inpatient rehab. I longed to be home with Laura with my own property about me; with my own dog Max and with my own TV with the channels I normally watch. But before…

Saturday morning, February 10,  2024, I was in the shower getting ready for the day. I suddenly felt a tingling on the left side of my body. At first it didn’t seem like much, and I considered ignoring it and walking it off. I’m so glad I didn’t! I  got out of the shower, dried…

The Cadet Mess Hall at West Point is a beautiful stone building, bedecked with the flags of each state, priceless portraits of each academy Superintendent (including the likes of Robert E. Lee and William Westmoreland) and a hand painted mural on the wall of one of the wings. The Cadet Mess was one of my…