Monday, June 10, 2013

Day 61-Day 64- The Walk and the Visits

Day 61- Friday June 7,2013

Today Lori arrived to visit at the unit. She came up to join us on the MD Walk in Hinton.

Owen had physio and gave the student PT Kyle a thankyou card. It was his last day today. He stood with assistance today and is getting a little better... He was able to stand for 2 seconds with only one person assist.

Christiaan and Lori joined us in the Atrium for lunch. Hotdogs for all! Then we had a little visit.

Lori followed us to Hinton and Farm nana and papa were there. Mom and Lori took a quick trip to Jasper to see Wanda and Celebrate at Evil Daves for Barbs birthday. To finish the night we had her party come to our house...all 4 of us lol. It was a good night.

Day 62

The MD walk was fantastic. Just under $12,000 was made with our team making over $4100.00 of it. What a great turn out... And the ambassador was adorable! Owen actually really loved it since he was not the center of attention this year. Lots of food, car washes and fun. Terri and Katelyn came out for some fun too. And Lori did what she does best! Volunteered.

It did rain a bit but nothing stops our spirit! One guy even played his guitar on the walk. And as usual the Hinton fire fighters did a great job supporting us. Thanks for doin all the work so we can participate to the fullest!

That evening we went for supper and because we were wearing our shirts a fellow donated another $100.00. Finished the night playin blokus.

Day 63

Was a typical sunday.. Rainy so lots of cleaning got done ... The trailer is ready for camping. We had BBQ and again played Blokus.

Owen had a little upset moment and said he was not sure if he was
ready to be done at the hospital next week. It was a rare moment since Owen doesn't like to share his feelings very often. Turns out he is just going to miss the awesome group of friends he has made. He was fine after and settled for the night.

Day 64

We returned to the hospital by noon for Fine Motor Group and PT. Mom talkex to the PT and the OT to be sure there was not more to be done. They assured us all Owen would need is what Hinton will provide.

So we continue with discharge friday while working on trying a standing transfer by wednesday. It looks like we should get a quote on the bathroom this week and lift and commode are on order. Still no cushion for the wheelchair or funding for the other half of the stair lift. Nor are we sure about where the funding will come from for the bathroom but it will be so much easier once we are home to sort out.

We headed to the mall with Christiaan and his mom and aunt tonight. They are such a nice bunch of people. They chatted about their plans and party this week. Including a water gun fight with PT, a pool time together and one more dinner out.

The two boys spent the night visiting and dodging nurses to shut the tvs off. Family conference tomorrow with hinton and the team here. Should be fun.

2 comments:

  1. Wow...what a wonderful weekend. Glad it went so well....but then Lori always brings sunshine into any room she goes into :)

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