Friday, January 11, 2007

We've been getting ready for our Share the Care meeting this Saturday 2:00 at Collierville United Methodist Church in the dining room. Everyone is welcome to come.

We've been doing great. I've been feeling fantastic and getting around well. I've fallen 3 times. Not hard falls, more like a whithering. My body just won't support me. So I've taken to using the wheelchair and pedal around Fred Flintstone style. So far, I haven't had a wreck or put any holes in the walls, so I call that pretty skilled pedaling! I had to have a MRV (determines the blood flow through the arteries of the brain) and found out that I do indeed have a brain and that it's working fine...giggle...as fine as my mind can be. Turns out that they ran the wrong test, so I have to go back next Tuesday and get the correct test done. Of course, I asked if that means I won't be charged for the first one....harrrrrrr harrrr

Chase made the honor roll and is being recognized Monday at school. We're quite proud of our little feller! He's made a new friend at school. Ms. Holly Ford. She helped us with the Walk fundraiser at the school and we've gotten to know her since. Her father had ALS, which is a bond between her and Chase. She's a phenomenal woman and has amazed us in her spirit and willingness to help our family. Chase also won 3rd place on his speech. He is going to the county competition.

Deke is walking and looks so precious doing it! He loves to clean. He pushes his dirt devil vacuum around, sweeps and swifters. He loves to just push me out of the way. The other day I wheeled into the pantry and he shut the door behind me! It's too narrow for me to back up and sits under the stairs, so the ceiling is slanted, which meant I couldn't stand up and wouldn't ya know, the light was burned out. Lucky for me, Chase was upstairs and heard me hollering. That little menace!

We're on the look out for a used handicap van. My power chair should be here within a few weeks and we'll need to be able to load me up into it. I'm actually looking forward to the power chair because it'll give me more mobility.

Funny story. Shirley and I went to Costco yesterday and I used one of their power scooters. I was backing out of the bathroom and ran into the garbage can and then went forward and bounced off the wall. It was actually kinda like bumper cars.....snort. That's only the second time I've used one of those. The first time was at Wal-Mart and that was a disaster. The rows are just too narrow. I ran into everything and everybody! Darrin acted like he didn't know me..........chuckle...snort.

I'm working on recording my voice so that I can use it later when I can't speak and communication will be electronic. I'd rather it be my voice, than a computer animated one. It's really pretty nifty, but irritating because you have to say phrases at a certain pitch, annunciation and loudness. It doesn't detect attitude either, when I have to repeat it 500 hundred times.

I'll update after the meeting.

Enjoy your weekend!