My excuse for getting William to the pool by 5:30A has been that we need to miss the afternoon tropical rains that have been coming down the last two days.

Summer is a hard time to get the swimming done. We need to get to the pool early to miss the kids swim lessons and other activities that start in the pool during the summer.

but today, we had lots of lap lanes taken up by an early group of some sort. that pushed the regular lap swimmers over to our area. The waves that they make...Did not make William happy.

He just kept griping about those swimmers. Splashing and sloshing him around. I was glad that we got out of there.

It is amazing how many people swim during the summer time.

William has been enjoying throwing a toy back and forth to me in the pool. It feels like playing. But, it is still therapy. Balance and tossing.

work has been good the last week and half because the person causing me grief has been on vacation for the last week. One more week before she returns. Then back to misery. But, let me enjoy my good days now.

The rains will be gone after today. But, William gets a reprieve from the pool because I will be working two early shifts. then Sat. the pool will resume.

This journey has been a long, long journey. I do know that William gets better but it is so slow.

I must say that as caregivers we are really amazing. I must say that I did not realized how hard a job this was until I became a caregiver. Now I can empathize with all caregiver that I encounter.

I tell William that when I retire...I will have only ,my caregiving job.

But, I still have hopes that Wm will walk again.

perhaps the bioness is now an appropriate option. I had tried that 3 years ago. But, it was too soon. perhaps it is time now. to try again.

Then i think about stem cell therapy. perhaps I need to look into that..

Well, i have plenty of time to think and ponder and then act.

Ruth