It's been awhile since I've blogged. I had a bad problem with my hip, in the front where it hooks on to your body, on the side excrutiating painful and low disk, sending sciatica down my leg. So, it's been a lot of me dragging my leg like the mummy and screaming here and there when I drug it wrong. I found some meds that helped, and some days I do better, other days revert back to screaming and dragging... BUT, here's the latest good news!

I will say that when I bought my snapper rider the year after his stroke, I chose it because it had a wheel, and I wondered if one day he could do it. There is another zero turn kind that has 2 handles, takes 2 hands to turn, but if you only turn one direction... could work - don't know enough about them really.

We had talked about whether Bob would be able to drive the ride on mower AT ALL, and finally yesterday, while a friend was here, I left the last few streaks in the middle of the yard and me & Fred worked to get Bob on the mower. We both ran on both sides to spot him. It went really well, most of it. There was that frantic moment when Fred motioned Bob to drive the thing between the cars and into the garage when I thought my head would explode. I guess this shows that I did not plan well enough to explain to Fred before we started, how it would end, so he had no idea how the end would conclude. So, that makes it my fault. He really has no idea how incredible it was that he didn't tear off the side of my suv, since he's blind on that side. So, I've learned something and will pass it on PAY ATTENTION! If you get help with something, make sure they know exactly what the plan is to do, and how it will finish, so they don't improvise, unexpectedly!

I don't have to tell anyone here how excellerated Bob felt from his short ride on the mower doing man-work! He knows that he will never turn to the right, his blind side, and he knows he will never mow graded areas, but stick to flat. But the prospect of doing this is making him very happy. There will be many practices of how to get on and off with the most care and safety, and practicing with the brake and of course, only in speed 1, but I can see him being able to do some of the mowing