Today I met with the nurse careplanner and the admissions social worker at the SNF. All is set for Bill's discharge. He will be released from therapy and he has no acute medical problems requiring him to stay at the facililty any longer. Originally it was my impression Bill would come home Wednesday. Today I learned he will be discharged Thursday. When I told him he'd come home Thursday, Bill certainly wasn't happy, but I explained PT needed to discharge him and everything was fine. I had to laugh at him though because I told him he would continue PT at home with a therapist coming to the home. Boy, did I ever get the look!!! I told him he wasn't coming home to go on vacation!!! He's doing so incredibly well. His gate is excellent (well in comparison!), his speed has improved and he is using his right hand and arm 100% more than he was before therapy. There is still a lot of neglect, but I've noticed that he actually seems to be using his right hand to hold things almost without thinking. (I think he probably does a lot more when I'm not there!!)It may be my imagination, but I do believe the added physical activity has also helped his mind. He certainly is able to process thoughts into words better.

I went shopping today.....my store of choice.....Target....very cool new quilt for the bed, pretty new towels and rugs for the bathroom.....I'm not too excited, am I? I've also got some work to do with meal planning because since I'm doing Weight Watchers now is the ideal time to get us all to eat better. No more beige meals. I heard that term on a program about some very morbidly obese individuals whose meals were referred to by a nutritionist as "beige". Now, when you think about it - beige is really a pretty boring color! It's also the color of meals full of carbs and fat! No token pickled beets for "color" for our meals!!

I do know there are changes. He's not been able to get back to using his cane yet. He is just too unstable. He's now using Depend undergarments all the time as a precautionary measure. These are the subtle differences but my heart is full of gratitude for the improvements Bill's been able to make. He is so very determined - my Eveready Bunny for sure!!!