Starting to Snow

Well winter is trying to arrive in Alberta. I can see where it will be very difficult to travel with Matt. Hard to push the chair in the snow, even if it is only a little bit. When I drive the van, it makes me so nervous that it will be icy and so if you are ever behind a great big beast on the road and it is going very slowly, just be patient! It is just me! Psalms 4:8 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety". A verse for the winter!
Matt continues to go to OT at Red Deer Hospital. They are going to measure him for a wheelchair but it might not be done until January. Hopefully it will be done sooner so we can get it for the New Year. We found out that because the manual chair he is in now causes him to get neck aches.
Friday I took Matt for some LILT treatment for his neck. I give dad so much credit for driving the beast all the way from Sask. I gave myself a headache just driving 13 kms! The van sways like a boat in water when it hits a bump. And dad drove it before it was properly fixed so Matt said it was even worse. Matt and I went to look at a Dodge Sprinter. It is a great big 10 seater that has 5"9' doors at the back and when you stand inside it is over 6 feet. It wouldn't take much to make it wheelchair accessible and we would still have room for 5 people to sit. But will have to wait and see what the final cost will be. It is a buyers market right now so hopefully it will be reasonably priced. After we looked at the van, we went over to the mall to do some shopping. Found some great gifts and Matt enjoyed the outing. Their were many people in wheelchairs so we were checking out their wheels.
Yesterday Matt and I went back to town to pick up his computer, which is all fixed up. IT is working great. Decided to head to the mall again and ran in to some friends of ours that have read the blog since day one and were very excited to finally meet Matt. They couldn't get over how good he was looking. By the time we left it was dark and getting icy so we headed home slowly.
Right now Matt and Jonmarie are playing Wii and are having a great time. It is a wonderful way for Matt and Jonmarie to spend time together and also for Matt to get some exercise on the weekend. He was in bed most of the afternoon because our power was off for 4 hours and the house was freezing! Can't wait until they get our new natural gas fireplace hooked up so next time we can have heat.
Big hello to everyone and will keep you updated. Mom has a email address now. It is jgustafson1@hotmail.com