Improvement

Happy November everyone. I didn't have a chance to really enjoy the summer with everything that happened since August but I anticipate a calm rest of 2012 and better 2013. Tim was discharged from Gaylord Hospital October 20th. He was handed a walker and told to continue to use that as he has a 50% chance of falling. I was trained how to help him up and down stairs, in and out of the bathroom and told that he shouldn't be left unattended. I have adjusted my work schedule so that I am home with him throughout the day and I go to work as Tim's parents are pulling into the driveway. The storm didn't really affect us very much. We were very lucky. Some doctors appointments were cancelled but we didn't lose power.. I'm surprised with the luck that we have had we didn't get washed away but I am very grateful that the storm passed by our neck of the woods.  Physical therapy comes out to see Tim three times a week to work on his walking and balance. They are very impressed by the way he zips around with his walker, but take that saftey blanket away and he is stuck and frozen. He doesn't have the leg strength or balance to walk very far on his own. It is going to be a long road ahead of us but it is safe to say that the scary and deadly part is over. He has survived a brain tumor, kidney failure, and meningitis with a smile on his face... I think a little PT after all of that is the least of our worries. We went to see the neurosurgeon last friday and they did a repeat MRI of his neck Brain and Spine to make sure there were no more benign tumors that traveled down and was on his spinal cord. They were happy to say that there wasn't. He agreed to fill out paperwork for disability but assured us that Tim is months away from being back 100%. I really trust this doctor. He was the one that saved his life. Meanwhile we are adjusting to going on dates with him in a wheelchair and walking with the walker at home. The neighbors gave us a cute little wheelchair for us to stick in my car and we have gone out a lot. We went to a halloween party and Tim had a blast. i dressed up as a neursurgeon and he was a transporter .. our two friends went as patients and it was just nice to get him out of the house and to be back to a normal Friday night. We went to hooters of course because he missed that place and we just call ahead and make sure the resturaunts are handicap accessable. I have been lucky to get some hours at night at work and still continue to work fulltime and stay home with Tim throughout the day.