The living room is her ‘bedroom’ for several weeks.
She got quite comfy and we fixed everything to be within her reach. Kat(mandu) comes for his everyday visit which cheers Susan quite a bit.
Kat gives Susan lots of his love to get her better. Kat belongs to our neighbors, Wendy and Steve across the street, and has adopted us as his second home. He comes every day and spends hours here — some play time, sometimes a brushing (which he loves), looking out the window at the birds on our lawn, and of course endless napping. We send him home at dinner time to have his meal and night time with his brother Cato. Cato has no interest in us at all.
Susan’s activities include many phone calls from the medical places (Kaiser, Providence, Alpha Home Care, to name a few); the puzzle she has been working on since October…
…and the walker shuffle to and from the bath room (I remember that shuffle well)
Oh, and checking the Free Stuff in Mukilteo site of course. You will recall that on the drive to the hospital Susan found the knee scooter. Well now she has found a recumbent bike to use for cardio exercise.
The Physical Therapist (Paul) made a first visit: checked out Susan’s maneuverability with the walker; taught her safety with crutches (that she will not use for a while yet); checked on the safety of the knee scooter (also to be used later); gave tips for the recumbent bike.
After writing his report, more PT will be ok’d, and Paul will come back for up to twice a week for 8 weeks!! Wow, that surprised us. He was extremely helpful to both of us.
After experiencing all that, Kat came to offer yet more comfort at the puzzle board.
Now Susan will have the March Madness Basketball tournament as her past colleague has invited her to join the pool ;’-). That will keep her “entertained”.
We go for her first check in at Kaiser on Friday this week and continue on with what we are doing. Will update agin IF there is something to tell or something different happens.
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