Sorry I have not been motivated to blog....

Today I got an email asking for me to update and it motivated me. Thanks Tina for the little nudge...I guess I needed it.

So we are happy to be here. We are very happy to be together after a six month period of Bill living in a hospital environment and with little if any privacy. The house is coming along nicely and the unpacking is done except for Bill's stuff. Since he has so much I saved it for last. I'm not really in a hurry to get to it. I was hoping he would get better sooner and be able to help with the unpacking of his stuff.

The problem with blogging is I don't have much good news. The progress has slowed down a lot.
That is difficult for me to watch, I was hoping that when we got here he would get this sudden boost and be walking in no time. That did not happen. It is still very difficult to get Bill in the car, it is a two person job for sure. Sometimes we try and have to give up and go back in the house.

Bill is very sweet and happy. He dreams almost every night. I can't wait till morning to hear about his dreams. They are always happy dreams. Always have lots of people in them. Most are about crawfish boils in the future. He always has a crowd of people. His whole family and our children and grandchildren are all gathered here for a huge crawfish boil, of course he is the boil master and cook. The details of these dreams go on and on. Every ingredient of the boil is important, every guest at the table is happy, I cannot explain the joy that these dreams bring to Bill. Today he asked his PT if she will be working on Thanksgiving....I knew what was coming. He has invited every nurse, PT, DR, family member, friends when they call or came to the hospitals. This has been going on for months and Bill is just as excited now as the first time he talked about it.

One night he had a dream about going to lunch at Frostop on Nashville, we ate there every day when we went to Fortier High School. It was the same kind of dream very happy....very detailed a lot of our old friends from school.

It is frustrating also, when Bill gets confused. He still has some time when he does not know he cannot walk. He says things like....I feel like eating fried mushrooms form Mel's...you call the order in and I'll go get them. Tonight we went for a walk around the lake in Towne Lake. The breeze was blowing and the moon could not have been fuller. It was just delightful. We were just enjoying the moment when suddenly Bill opens his seat belt half way around the path. I stopped pushing the wheelchair and asked him what are you doing...you are not safe without the belt. His response was I want you to ride and I'll push you. I could have just cried.

He is so sweet and maybe it's better when he doesn't remember because he is so happy. I asked him one day what it feels like inside and he said he knows no aspect of his live will ever be the same. I hope he continues with his dreams and being happy. We need that to get through this rough time. Then we will have the biggest crawfish boil .......the special one from his dreams with everyone here laughing.