Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Home...

Things for which I'm thankful...

  • Dr. Bird let us go home yesterday. There may be some Stockholm syndrome going on there as in a certain light he was also our captor.
  • Chris and I are still married even though

I had to maneuver him around a crowded hospital in a wheelchair with his sore, fragile leg sticking straight out in a leg prop that was too short for him. I didn't get us over to the first elevator fast enough, and we missed it. I managed to wheel him over and wedge a foot in the next one, but he barely fit through the doorway. There was about a half inch clearance with that leg sticking out.

I'm now the driver. He makes me nervous. Trying to exit the HOV:

Me: Do I take the left lane?

Chris: No, you don't take the lane with two big orange cones.

  • The flowers are blooming in my backyard.

 

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  1. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 9:09 PM

    Thinking of you guys today. Just remembering how we used to jog around campus when we were in school. Chris will be jogging around in no time.

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  2. Sarah McManusApril 17, 2013 at 9:29 AM

    Getting home is the best...and then the worst...and then the best again. Hope the transition is smooth as can be.

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