Thursday, December 18

After days of gray skies, wind and rain, we again have bright sun this morning--yay. This means that, while Tommy is doing his cycling this morning, we will be able to sit in the sun and enjoy the scent of our Christmas tree and the many bright orange blooms of the hibiscus plants that my pals Susanna, Nancy and Laura brought me last spring. Tommy is temporarily between official treatment plans--after many visits during November and December by the Beebe home-health folks, all but two of them have "discharged" him (Linda and Reva, the nurse and bathing aide, will continue to come through December 30). Then, with the new year, I will sign Tommy up for his outpatient physical therapy. This means that, two or three times a week, we will ride over to the Beebe storefront rehab facility right here in Millville, next door to the Food Lion. There, Tommy will spend a couple of hours with a physical, occupational and speech therapist.
On Monday, we took a ride down to the Assawoman Wildlife Area south of town, our first purely fun "outing" since Tommy came home from Ren rehab, and the forests, marshes and boat landings were as lovely as ever. We both were thrilled to make that pilgrimage to one of our favorite places (Penny too, but we couldn't let her get out of the car because it's hunting season and visitors have to stay on the roads!).
Yesterday we had visits from Irv and Frank, and tomorrow Steve will arrive with our number two dog, Sandy. I am so grateful that Steve, Jill and the kids took care of Sandy while all those home-health people were coming and going, because Sandy is still rambunctious and it would have been chaotic to have her here for all that excitement. A huge thank-you, guys!