FRIDAY -- WALKING & TALKING!!!

FRIDAY-Walking and TALKING! I had a surprise call from Tom's hospital nurse this morning that he wanted to TALK TO ME--they put him on and he TALKED-sounded 90% like his old self-said he "was looking for a lovely girl for a date"! It was WONDERFUL-no more dialysis he said, and he hopes to walk more again today-is making it thus far on trach collar so that is also good!
I also believe they are aggressively moving him to get stronger so he can move soon closer to Orlando into a skilled facility for rehab before he would come home-definitely insurance would be happy, and we would all be closer to getting him back to all of us normal! And he misses all of us so-told me to tell the kids and all-so maybe now I can leave him his cellphone and he can definitely chat with all--
I will go again this week-end to see him-HAPPY DAY!

WEDNESDAY -- A GREAT VISIT!

ONWARD AND WALKING-yes, yesterday, Wednesday, Erik and I arrived at his new private room to see him sitting in a chair, a little weary, but alert and he had walked unassisted 20 yards down the hall and 20 yards back..

Was breathing on his own with trach collar 16 hours the day before, and was on again all day yesterday-once he can go the full 24 hours, he will officially be "off vent" and on to more rehab--still a little dialysis now and then as he produces so much fluid. They plan to do a scope of his stomach to assess a little bleeding there-may be a "peptic ulcer", but that would not surprise me after many thousands of $ of prescription drugs they have plied him with!
He wants the scope to have all answers he can. Fragile, but strong, good in mind, determined, and progressing slowly but surely..ERIK was terrific with him-helped him back into bed, cheered him up so, and is on top of everything. Bodily, they are alike so that is good too as Erik does a lot of homework about technical things in every direction. Meanwhile, I had such good conversations again with him, learning more and more how smart and valuable he is to his clients, and moving into some cybercrime he also understands-could be a good complement to his ongoing business. And we enjoy a little dinner on way back, sitting on the patio looking at florida sun setting--not so bad.
ONWARD and more walking--still a long way to go-
Enjoy your florida day, where ever you are-such a beautiful time of year.

FEELING HAPPY TODAY!!!

GOOD NEWS TODAY!

Tom continuing slowly and steadily on the road to recovery and making great progress!!! Hoping he has a good night in his private room now that he is out of ICU! Keep up the good work, Tom! We're all thinking of you and cheering you on!!!

A BIG LEAP FORWARD!!!

HEAR YE, HEAR YE-- I was told by our nurse this morning they are moving him to his own private room-- this is a first since FEBRUARY 24--they hope he will breathe all 24 hours on his trach collar, which is mostly on his OWN--we are moving along...just hope he is okay with all-- he can get a little scared now and then-- so think of him tonight!!
Awesome-

SUNDAY -- A NICE DAY TOGETHER!

Plodding along together....

MONDAY MORNING SOLID-Terrible rain storm last night which took me a long time to come back from Tampa, but I had a grand time with Tom, covered the waterfront of news, and he is steady and solid-heartrate and bloodpressure right on, breathing on his own all day Saturday (back on vent at night to rest), and on his own all day Sunday--sharp as a tack, and sweet and loving.
Hope to get him up again today. Stopped dialysis again for a few days, but had taken 24 lbs of fluid out of him last week, so he looks real good now and hoping in time his one kidney will crank into better action-
Bears returned to feeder at midnight, even in thunder, lightning and rain, and one stood over 9 feet tall-never saw such a big one!! Came right up on patio and looked at me in the eye and cats were hovering! (This pic is one from GOOGLE, not the bear I saw...)
So glad to hear our friends John and Ginny Lord will fly to Tampa mid-May and thrilled that we will see them-will mean a lot to Tom as well--Jon also wants to come back again about that time, so hope there is major improvement by then, maybe even talking some!!
Love all the touches on the blog- so special-he will be so happy to see it all one of these days--
Have a great, clean, fresh MONDAY-rain

LIFE IS LIKE A RAINBOW....

RAINING IN FLORIDA! but....

Clouds and....

rain...

bring flowers!

HAPPY SPRING!

Out of our "cloudy days", some sweetness blooms!

MID-WEEK UPDATE

MID-WEEK solidity--got there earlier today and he was finishing up dialysis, looked very relaxed and quite content and very alert--this dialysis is temporary, but currently quite often to get his creatnin lower--and his kidney function more stable-still too up and down--We had a great time, I can read his lips better, and he writes quite very well now for notes.

Anxious to get up, but can't quite yet-he bled some yesterday at a catheter when they stood him up--a little more time perhaps. He breathes some on his own, but we hope soon, much MORE!! He can't get out of ICU, into a room and home to Orlando until this breathing is independent!!

I brought the sportpage, he loves his sports and the upcoming draft and loves his Orlando Magic!







Told him I had been approved for a new roof from wind damage a year ago and quite a few missing shingles, so that is SUPER news! Business is still a little quiet, but spurts of news and appointments coming up-like Erik reminds me, it is the "ebb and flow" of life, and right now things are ebbing!! He is busy, and that is so good. Jon leaves tomorrow morning for a little caribbean beach vacation which he so deserves after finishing the new trip catalog this week-we can find him, and Stef, but probably will let them relax! THEN he goes to Mongolia early July with a National Geographic trip-he is loving that..yerts and all!
Love the tulips from Sharon--love this time of year, and hope for more good times and things-love to all.