Too Many Pictures...

     I took this photo on the way out of the building last night. My OCD discovered one of ththe light fixtures is different, same color, different shape. Can you find it?

     Bacon quiche with salsa, cream of wheat with blueberries, and Apple juice was his breakfast today.

     He is really tired and has already fallen asleep. The nurse Melanie had to wake him up to give him his morning medicine.

     I read through these two books while he was sleeping. Should I make this into a movie? Get it?

    

Grande Ronde Hospital doesn't do spinal cord therapy rehab, Walla Walla doesn't do outpatient rehab. We asked them to see if Blue Mountain Therapy does, we are waiting on a call back. Otherwise we might have to come back here weekly for 6 months for 3 days of out patient rehab. Heavy sigh. 

     He has a 'wound' from sitting in the wheelchair. So he is supposed to tilt more when he is sitting to avoid pressure on his bony behind. 

     Mrs. Bullock's third grade class made a book for Mr. K. It is 'Where's Mr. Kevan?' Like 'Where's Waldo'. They colored pictures of him on the playground. He is wearing a red shirt (school colors) and his brown fishing/shade hat. (he is supposed to wear a hat as he had a couple spots of melanoma removed a few years back) it is a delightful book! We also received several cards and I taped some to the doors in our room. Thank you for thinking of us. It is a pleasant and fun reminder of people that care.

     PT came in and ranged his legs. 

     They are doing a Doppler on his lower legs to check on blood clots. No change on blood clots. 

     This is the Doppler machine, he is demonstrating a five pound squeezer gadget to strengthen his hand and arm. 

     This is a therapy dog we aw on the way to PT this afternoon.

      PT was showing Bruce what it takes to do a transfer. He has to lean forward and balance on his wrists and that lifts the bottom. Learned real quick that he is not strong enough to do that. So they did more balancing with his arms behind him and he could do that. 

      Had a family team medical meeting. Decided he will have to come home in an electric wheelchair for 6 months. He is just not strong enough to do a manual wheelchair. They are talking about coming to La Grande to do an evaluation of our home to get it wheelchair accessible. When the Dr certifies it workers comp will pay for it. 

     For lunch Bruce bit into a hoagie sandwich and had some cream of celery soup. He drank it with a straw because he was tilting on his right arm  and couldn't get the spoon to his mouth.

       OT was green thera putty (like silly putty or taffy ) with a five pound resistance. They warmed up the putty in their hands then flattened it like a tortilla, then they rolled it up, which stretches the left hand. Next they rolled it into a snake to make a snowman. He had trouble pinching and pulling off a section. Finally they played Yahtzee. Ginger kicked his trash. 

     A poor sad melted snowman.

        Becky Gekeler and Sam stopped in. They are buying some suits for his mission to Colorado. Sent them on an errand to purchase some swim shoes (Aqua shoes) for Bruce. They didn't find any Aqua shoes. It is not the season.

     For dinner Bruce chomped on 2 slices of pizza extreme. It had just about everything on it and some sprite to help the medicine go down. We sat with a nice couple, their first night there. He had a stroke and was recovering. she and I did most of the talking. We could understand what he was saying, just barely. He had a Broncos shirt on. He said he would sit with us even if we are ducks... Ha ha His right side was paralyzed. He was trying to uncurl his frozen hand and Bruce is trying to curl his left hand. They own a water purification business. I didn't catch the name. He comes to La Grande all the time. He does water checks for Idaho and Oregon. I told them we have a John Wayne Christmas video coming and asked if they wanted to watch it with us. They like John Wayne. 

        I ordered some vintage Christmas movies and the first one came today. We watched 'Remember the Night' with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. What a disappointing ending. How could this be a happy Christmas movie? Bruce fell asleep twice that I noticed. It was rated 7.8. Hope the other movies are better. 

     I put the first of three bb CDs of Andrews games in for Bruce to watch and I headed for my Boise home.