VERY BIG NEWS TODAY.................
DUE TO THE NEW HURRICANE WARNING......WE ARE LEAVING THURSDAY AM AND BILL WILL BE AT HOME IN CYPRESS, TEXAS TOMORROW NIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN A HURRICANE GETTING IT ALL TOGETHER TO GO...BUT WE ARE REALLY READY TO BE ON WITH OUR JOURNEY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING BUT WE ARE BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO BILL BEING BACK IN A HOME ENVOIRNMENT.
Good luck to all with the storm more updates from you Texas yat friends as soon as possible.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Bill is doing fine....we are both so......ready to go home.
I am to the point that everything is irritating me at Chateau de Notre Dame. Things that I once found to be fine are now not fine at all and I find myself complaining to anyone who will listen.
Bill on the other hand never complains. He just complains that he is really ready to get out of there.
His walker and bedside commode are ordered and we will be driving them to Texas in his red pick up truck.. We have decided to hold off on bathroom renovations until we get Bill moved into the house and the home health people can assess his needs for themselves.
So we are impatiently waiting !! No real news....these days it's just slow progress.
I am to the point that everything is irritating me at Chateau de Notre Dame. Things that I once found to be fine are now not fine at all and I find myself complaining to anyone who will listen.
Bill on the other hand never complains. He just complains that he is really ready to get out of there.
His walker and bedside commode are ordered and we will be driving them to Texas in his red pick up truck.. We have decided to hold off on bathroom renovations until we get Bill moved into the house and the home health people can assess his needs for themselves.
So we are impatiently waiting !! No real news....these days it's just slow progress.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
So sorry for the long delay in updates !1!
I was having several senior moments.....I went to the library several times and to relatives homes to use their computers but could not remember my login password......so sorry.
Bill is doing very well the pace is slower than we would like it to be. Progress is non the less being made. Sunday of this week the left arm kicked in....stronger and in the elbow area ....the link in the arm we were not getting response from....now Bill is able to use the whole left arm and hand to a greater degree now than throughout his therapy. Also, his left hand grip is improving and we need that to help with the walker and wheel chair among other things. Drum Sticks !!
Hey, never say never !!!!!!!!!!
Well we are now on about plan #47 for when and how we are going to Texas !
It looks like Labor Day...Monday September 1...................
Good news Bill will not be going to another facility....he will be going home. Home will be Cypress Texas. He will have used his 100 days of skilled nursing up by Labor Day.
Our new home is in a senior citizens development so it already has 36" door ways and lower lights switches, wheelchair accessibility to all rooms and very spacious for wheelchair or walker. All we need is to have the bathrooms worked out....showers and toilets.
Medicare will send home health and therapist to the house to help us. Bill is very excited to be going home to his new house in Texas by the Krewe......... He even had a dream that the 6 granddaughters were chasing him, while laughing and he was running from them. Sounds like a good plan Paw Paw !
Bill's appetite is good and his strength is improving. He is very much looking forward to getting home and with his family on a regular basis. I think it will give him an even greater incentive to work hard as always.
Thanks to all for your faithful visits to cheer his spirits......much appreciation to friends, neighbors and family.
Dean made Bill a really cool model car to take to Texas !
Maurice Trosclair and Danny Sensebe both made Bill a collage of old band pictures. They are both framed in a black frame.
These three items will make a nice addition to Bill's new office......or man cave !!!
I promise to update more frequently ....if I can remember my new password ??????????????
Bill is doing very well the pace is slower than we would like it to be. Progress is non the less being made. Sunday of this week the left arm kicked in....stronger and in the elbow area ....the link in the arm we were not getting response from....now Bill is able to use the whole left arm and hand to a greater degree now than throughout his therapy. Also, his left hand grip is improving and we need that to help with the walker and wheel chair among other things. Drum Sticks !!
Hey, never say never !!!!!!!!!!
Well we are now on about plan #47 for when and how we are going to Texas !
It looks like Labor Day...Monday September 1...................
Good news Bill will not be going to another facility....he will be going home. Home will be Cypress Texas. He will have used his 100 days of skilled nursing up by Labor Day.
Our new home is in a senior citizens development so it already has 36" door ways and lower lights switches, wheelchair accessibility to all rooms and very spacious for wheelchair or walker. All we need is to have the bathrooms worked out....showers and toilets.
Medicare will send home health and therapist to the house to help us. Bill is very excited to be going home to his new house in Texas by the Krewe......... He even had a dream that the 6 granddaughters were chasing him, while laughing and he was running from them. Sounds like a good plan Paw Paw !
Bill's appetite is good and his strength is improving. He is very much looking forward to getting home and with his family on a regular basis. I think it will give him an even greater incentive to work hard as always.
Thanks to all for your faithful visits to cheer his spirits......much appreciation to friends, neighbors and family.
Dean made Bill a really cool model car to take to Texas !
Maurice Trosclair and Danny Sensebe both made Bill a collage of old band pictures. They are both framed in a black frame.
These three items will make a nice addition to Bill's new office......or man cave !!!
I promise to update more frequently ....if I can remember my new password ??????????????
Friday, August 1, 2008
Hi from the West Napoleon Library.....once again sorry for the lack of updates.
Bill is still making daily progress. Especially since going back to Chateau de Notre Dame. His appetite is very good and he is much stronger now for the first time since the stroke. I think those two factors are contributing greatly to the success he is having in physical therapy.
His walking with assistance on the walker is much improved. He is kicking the left leg on his own now.....it is still weak...but he is also shifting his weight from the left to the right leg to make forward progress. The arm is still weak so he cannot support his weight on his own with the walker so he does require assistance. But it is coming along surprisingly well.
His spirits are back to being Bill...except for the urgency that he wants to get to the Krewe in Texas.
We did find a facility in Tomball Texas and are impatiently awaiting Bill acceptance the facility here has to get the facility there all of Bill's records and then they decide if it is the best choice for his needs.
Then I'm not sure how, yet. ....but then we will be on our way. I find it a little scary which is weird because I've been wanting to go since Katrina and Bill wasn't ready.....Now he is ready and I find it scary.....HUM no explanation for that !
I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank all of our children, family members, neighbors and friends who have made this move possible....without you we could not have done it ! Thanks again for being there for us.
Note: to our musician friends.........
Harry Ravain is very sick....he has lung Cancer....please offer your support for he & his wife Mona at this difficult time. Harry will begin Kimotheapy and radiation next week.
Don Sixkiller's mother Lorainne Sixkiller passed away....it is in today's newspaper....pass the word and also offer your support for Don and Darlene in their time of sorrow.
Love Ya.......
Bill is still making daily progress. Especially since going back to Chateau de Notre Dame. His appetite is very good and he is much stronger now for the first time since the stroke. I think those two factors are contributing greatly to the success he is having in physical therapy.
His walking with assistance on the walker is much improved. He is kicking the left leg on his own now.....it is still weak...but he is also shifting his weight from the left to the right leg to make forward progress. The arm is still weak so he cannot support his weight on his own with the walker so he does require assistance. But it is coming along surprisingly well.
His spirits are back to being Bill...except for the urgency that he wants to get to the Krewe in Texas.
We did find a facility in Tomball Texas and are impatiently awaiting Bill acceptance the facility here has to get the facility there all of Bill's records and then they decide if it is the best choice for his needs.
Then I'm not sure how, yet. ....but then we will be on our way. I find it a little scary which is weird because I've been wanting to go since Katrina and Bill wasn't ready.....Now he is ready and I find it scary.....HUM no explanation for that !
I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank all of our children, family members, neighbors and friends who have made this move possible....without you we could not have done it ! Thanks again for being there for us.
Note: to our musician friends.........
Harry Ravain is very sick....he has lung Cancer....please offer your support for he & his wife Mona at this difficult time. Harry will begin Kimotheapy and radiation next week.
Don Sixkiller's mother Lorainne Sixkiller passed away....it is in today's newspaper....pass the word and also offer your support for Don and Darlene in their time of sorrow.
Love Ya.......
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