Friday evening March 06 2009.
It has been a busy week for me at work and I am so glad that the weekend is here. I had a special big project that I was working on and it is nice to have it behind me for sure. I work at a great place and every one is so helpful and so supportive of each other and that makes a huge difference in a day of work. I have never worked at a better place-with the nicest people anywhere around.
Gary was thrilled today with the nice weather. As you all know--we missed the entire season of Spring and most of the Summer last year and therefore we are soooooooooooooo excited about the prospect of the nice weather coming soon. I told Gary today that it was so hard on me to be on the 6th floor of that hospital for weeks and weeks and then months and months while the weather looked so wonderful through the window. I am such an outdoors person and to be inside a hospital for all of those beautiful days was very hard for me. Gary was so sick and he did not realize much of anything for the majority of time that he spent in the hospital. He said at times he tried to block out life and the rest of the time the medication blocked him from reality.
The weather today was above 65 and I came home at lunch and we went for a short walk and then as soon as I got home after work this afternoon we went for another walk and breathed in the warm air and soaked up the warm sunshine. Then I got Gary a lawn chair and he sat in the driveway where the sun was shining and he enjoyed a few more wonderful warm rays. While we were outside we called and wished my dear friend Pat H. a happy birthday. Gary even sang with me and that was good. He has not tried to really "sing" yet. He is still nervous that he will not be able to sing but I really feel that he will be OK. We have a new friend-a Doctor from London and she believes that he will be able to sing just fine. I know that he might have to build back up to it slowly but his throat is not raspy any longer when he speaks so that is a good sign. He has been nervous ever since he pulled out the ventilation tube while the bulb was still inflated when he was in Intensive Care. They told him he could have ruined his vocal chords and he has been afraid to test it. But I am sure he will get the courage to do that soon.
We are little bit anxious about this silly mass on his stomach but we will just trust it is ok and wait for the test on the 17th and then the appointment to get the results from that.
Tomorrow we have no plans except to enjoy the day and then we are invited to a birthday supper for a friend of ours. Last Saturday we went out for supper with friends to celebrate Sue C.'s birthday--the day before her husband John left for three weeks in Africa. So we are staying busy and starting to feel almost a little normal again.
If everything continues to improve the way that it is now, we hope to go to Waterloo next weekend to see Ben and Sarah's new house and celebrate Jack's second birthday. We will stay with our friends Anna and Kerry B and it will seem like the olden days are back. March the 12th will be the 1st year anniversary of this journey and that will be the day before we head off to start this year with life the way it used to be. We have been on the sidelines of so many things for so long and we are just so thrilled to be making plans to do things like other people are doing.
Yes yes yes-------God is good. Life is not always fair---------but God is always good.