Hello
Things are starting to settle down nice but we are having ?trouble with e-mailing . We can’t get unto our Blog ,so Lorraine will have to post pictures . Viv can’t get on her webmail site.
Everyone is quite impressed with the super pole. I don’t think they had ever seen one ?before and at first seemed concerned that Art might hurt himself.
The extra padding for Art & Marguerites beds have come in handy as the beds here certainly are on the extra firm side.
All the staff are very friendly & helpful. Johnny is our handy man,interpreter and general all around assistant for anything we need.
All the staff take on an english name here and Johnny has only had this name for a bout a year. Dr Mary is Art’s main doctor and speaks a little english but could not read all the paper work in his file so she spent a lot of time asking questions ? with an interpreter and did a very thorough?examination.?
Wednesday was rather a slow day which gave ?us all time to get rested after a long and somewhat challenging trip.(especially when Art’s power chair wouldn’t work.) ?We all breathed a sigh of relief when we got it working.?
Wed night we had a big thunder & rain storm pass through where we thought I might stay the night at the hospital but but by 9 PM when I left it had stopped and the air smelled fresh & clean.
Art’s room has airconditioning and a fan but the common areas don’t , which is good as ?his room is very comfortable .
?It was about 35 & humid today when M&I went for groceries and it felt very hot. It was an adventure shopping in a huge store where we didn’t find anyone who spoke english. We are going to be really good at charades. We got a ride back to the hospital in a little buggy on the back of a bike?We share a little kitchen where we have freezer space so now have a few supplies.We also have a little ?fridge in Arts room.
Art has been kept very busy today.(Thurs)
In the morning Art had a long visit with Dr. Mary.
The afternoon started with Electrical wave therapy
Then accupuncture. He found it a bit more intense than in Canada.
Standing treatment where he stood for a long time and bending the knee then stepping ahead & then back.
Then he took him for therapy on the mat and really worked him.
He says he hasn’t been this tired since he worked a full day at farming.
Art says he never sweats but today he sure was.
Art’s program sounds rigorous and challenging with some small successes in a very short time. How wonderful to not have the leg spasms and to get down the swelling!
If anyone can include in your blog the contact web site for the clinic you are using, I can pass it on to S with Lupus who is in dire need of a stem cell transplant.
Thanks-Margaret