Larry had an appointment with a new audiologist who is going to find new hearing aids for Larry to wear. First, he has to go to another doctor to have his ear wax cleaned out. He has not worn his old hearing aids since the stroke but wore them faithfully before. I said "you need to get new ones, you miss out on so much and I'm tired of repeating." We had OT and PT the rest of the week which ended Friday. One of the OT's is trained in the Saeboflex and tried it on Larry's hand again. The first time, the OT could not get enough movement but this time she said she saw enough to try again in 1 month. She said the Botox would help to relax the muscles more by then. This device works on a spring loaded attachment that is worn around the hand and fingers. This has shown a big improvement in some more so than the E-Stim devices. I was told, once qualified, Medicare does pay for it. It's worth a try anyway.

This weekend was to be the walk for the stroke awareness but the weather was too chilly for us. It got down to the high 40's the day before and only 50 ish for the walk. Larry does not do well in the cold. What a shame, as I was especially looking forward to it. Our community had an event for Earth Day, so we took a box of paperwork for them to shred. You could bring electronics, appliances, batteries, books, etc. So nice to be able to recycle instead of filling up landfills.

Today, Larry's son, wife and our granddaughter, Rachel, came over and it was cold out again. We were going to take her to this new park where they have a pond to fish in and a neat playground. We went to lunch instead and enjoyed our time with them. Rachel ordered a corn dog and applesauce. I said "oh, that looks good, I haven't had a corn dog in a long time". She said, "when I get it I can share some with you". Awe, so cute! She's ony 5 and after we came back to the house we tried to keep up with her. She wants to do something, then 5 minutes later is wanting to do something else. I don't know if I could keep up with a 5 year old all day! His son said we would go to the park next time. He said "I didn't know you guys wanted to do stuff before" I said "yes, it's good for Larry to get out in the fresh air and I enjoy it too." Duh!

Hope it warms up this week.

Julie