Well, we are all home and it feels really good! Kelsey, Rachel and I arrived at RIM at 11 and we were on the road by 12:30. Most of the time was spent saying good-bye to all of the wonderful people who took care of Brian there. We had to promise to come up to visit when we were doing outpatient rehab. Ali told us that he is usually down in outpatient about the time we will be there to visit his former patients. That will be fun. Loading him in the car was no problem...the chair was awkward. I'm sure it will become easier with time. I got all of his prescriptions filled and went to the secretary of state to get a hanging handicap sign for the car. In the meantime, Dan and Kathy, and Mark were getting other things ready. Mark brought over the sliding bench for the shower and a spare commode. Danny switched out the broken TV for a working one. Ben and Zo had come over yesterday to take the sofa bed out of the den and bring the twin bed from Cindy in to the room. Oh, Dan also brought the recumbent bike up from the basement. I'm not sure if it's super steady but he doesn't pedal very fast yet. He walked up the garage steps pretty well. Then we practiced down and then up again. All of us tried, even Kelsey. While I was gone, Dan and Kathy had him go up the house stairs and back down again. Apparantly, he did a great job with their help. Now, we are rethinking the ramp, and may just have Mark build a stairway with rails to go over the existing steps. Something to think about.
He sure seems happy to be here and we are thrilled to have him.
Hopefully I'll have more details later in the week.
Later, Love, Marcy :)
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