Saturday, May 30, 2009

Beautiful Weather

We have been having some great weather and Matt has been soaking it in. On Sunday they went to Jacki and Gary's to see baby Anthony for the first time. He is so cute already and such a great baby. Sometimes you forget he is there. Sleeps. eats and makes good use of his diaper! Gary, Matt, and Dad then went to see the Calgary Vipers play baseball. Matt got a touch of heat stoke so wasn't feeling up to par the next day at rehab. He continues to do abdominal exercises so he will not lose what he has gained.
It has been great with dad being here. Grass is always cut and loves working in my garden. He takes Matt for his rehab and baths, so that is one less stress to think about. John has started Dad on some new medication that has done wonders. So that is certainly an answer to prayer.
Deanna, Matt's outpt occupational therapists has been to the house numerous times to make sure we have everything. Matt is going to get a new power chair from AADL, or Alberta activities of daily living program that gives financial assistance to people with disabilities. So we have spent time trying out different ones, including a manual chair as well. I am busy drafting a letter stating why Matt needs a power chair with all the whistles, such as tilt, recline, etc. They will look at all the applications they have had and see which one is most worthy at that time. So we have to make it look good. It is difficult to transfer him from chair to chair all the time because they only provide one cushion. Matt needs the special ROHO cushion which runs about $700, so they only give one per client. We are also trying out some new commodes as well. Matt's had to be custom made so they will provide the cost of the commode, but not the modifications. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! It is a full time job.
ON Wednesday night, Matt did some painting at the rehab department with the help of Cecilia. Some of it was pretty good, the easiest was coloring in the already traced picture.
Friday Matt had his bath in Innisfail and loves to soak in the tub. The home care aide really enjoys Matt and they are constantly teasing each other.
Mom has been feeling really under the weather and can't seem to shake it. Deep cough in her lungs and feeling prety exhausted most of the time. We had went to see Jonmarie's performance on Friday night and mom had a difficult time just making it to the end. So John has given her a req for a chest xray and some antibiotics to get her back into action. Prayers that God will heal her physically and emotionally, as being sick makes for a very frustated mom!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi everyone. Happy to read your blog, as usual. Sounds like you have had a busy two weeks since you got back to Red Deer, Matthew - still flirting with all the workers, heh Matt. You little Romeo, you.

Glad to hear your dad is feeling better and that he has plenty of work to keep him busy. He can come help me anytime.

Joanne, take care of yourself and follow Dr. John's advice. We will keep you all in our prayers.

Love to everyone.
Love Auntie Sandy & Uncle Orest

Anonymous said...

Hi to all: It was good to see you at home. Glad to see you seem to have put on a bit of weight, Matt.

Things are quiet uptown. Guess there is alot of field work to do yet. Most are done seeding but alot of spraying to do.

I am all done treatments, so am in remission!!

Will continue to pray for you.

NS

Anonymous said...

Hi all. Good to hear all is well and your getting new wheels.Havent done much here went to Kylers wedding in the Bay on the weekend,had a good visit with family there. Just waiting for summer to come maybe by July was minus one tuesday morning when i got up at five. Take care and do as the doc says everybody.Bryon,Brenda & Fam.

Anonymous said...

glad you are having the nice weather cause it has been the pits here. its still freezing at nite here and greg has to knock the ice off the sprinkler heads in the morning sometimes.
we have had a perfusion of white flowers on our berry bushes here this year and should get a great yield if they dont freeze off and IF we ever get rain. our fire ban is still on and is of course hurting our camping. camping and fires just go hand in hand. thank goodness our golf course is doing okay. it is little and sand green but it is a really nice course and greg spends many hrs out on it trying to keep it green.
nothing is handy here as he has to move all the hoses by hand as we dont have irigation.but he loves it. i told him i am not coming back next year so he better find another job.
anyway take care and continued success with your rehab.
e

Anonymous said...

thinking of all you guys-taking cattle in, gardening, planning SS picnic, trying to keep out of trouble!!!yy