Were Witty

If At First You Don't Succeed

First we tried this....

Mmmm... not so much kids.

So then we tried this....

Now, this was a winner!

Scott had an A+ day yesterday so it stands to reason that today would only be a C+. He was pretty exhausted all day and couldn't quite get his footing. Days like today are to be expected. But, his fatigue didn't keep him from working as hard as he could possibly manage. He fought hard all day and gave it 100%. Even his "bad" PT days are so superior to where he was a week ago. Such amazing progress.

Keep on "Truckin'".

Monday Again

Scott obviously doesn't think very highly of Mondays.

Poor Scott got worked to the bone today. He's such a super trooper. He walked over 5' (I'm guessing closer to 8' but I could be wrong) today using his walker. He did lots of standing and lots of steps. Working so hard that PT Nate knew he had finally completely exhausted Scott because for the first time Scott sat there and couldn't say a word.
Can you all imagine Scott so tired he can't say a word? Yeah I couldn't either.

We did see our vascular boys. It was great to see them as always. They really help me understand what's going on, what to expect and give me tools to make things better.
Scott didn't dig there action quite as much. They did a dressing change on Scott's disgusting (it needed an upgrade from yucky) calf. Dressing changes there are now extremely, extremely painful for Scott. I tried to remind him that the pain was a good sign, if looks could kill you all would be planning my funeral.
Some changes in protocol for handling the healing, or non-healing as the case may be. They are still pretty happy all things considered.

Moving ahead one teeny tiny step at a time.

Scott Walks and KT Dances

uploaded some video to You Tube for your viewing pleasure.

The quality sucks. My phone can solve world hunger but it takes crappy photos along the way.

I really wish you could hear the song (Credence Clearwater Revival) that KT is dancing to at the bowling alley but.... it's still hysterical.

http://www.youtube.com/werewitty

Also, on the link is the Sushi Night Jam Session and some older videos of KT.

Starting off Monday with some PT and OT waiting on vascular to come pay us a visit. Scott's crappy leg is looking crappier yet again and starting this morning Scott's baby toe is blue. Monday's are always such a pleasure.

Not going to stop us. Keep pushing, we've got some big plans for this summer kick off party.
Thinking about maybe Memorial Day weekend. Thoughts, objections, votes.....

No Holiday For My Valentine

Scotty worked his butt off in PT today.

8 steps -

Look at him go!

Kate entertained the masses with her antics.

The "masses"
My mom's elbow (the rest of her was there it just wasn't photographed), Uncle Dean, Aunt Debbie and Aunt Lynn.

Uncle LaVerne - I'm not sure who the child was in this photo.

And in the end, Scotty enjoyed a few sweet treats.
Jen and S4 brought cupcakes.

The infamous Bonnie came for her Sunday visit.

Kate and I made cookies.

This doesn't include pictures of the homemade chocolate cake that Aunt Debbie brought all the way from Iowa, or the sweet treats from a family favorite bakery in my hometown of Ottumwa.

Scotty boy is pretty spoiled. He deserves it.

In general a very nice Valentine's Day.

A few problems to handle tomorrow. But those will keep until then.

Hoping all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day

Hoping you're spending today with the special people in your life.

I will be.....

Baby Steps

Apologies for the tardiness of this post. I've had a couple texts making sure everything was ok.
Everything is more than ok. I have some pretty big news to report.

Scott took some steps!!!!

Of course, keeping true to fashion, Scott did this while I wasn't there. I'm going to start taking more time off.
The steps were reported to be very, very tiny and with quite a bit of assistance but holy catfish kids they are steps!

So while Scott was rocking it, I was at the dentist. Yeah, who drew the short straw today. Ended the day on antibiotics for an infected tooth. LAME-O.

Looking forward to seeing all the family and friends that are coming in to visit this weekend.

It's way beyond bedtime, I'm going to drug myself up on Advil and go to bed.

Some Answers

Finally got a few answers this morning. ~~YAHOOOOO~~~
Dr. Bruegger (GP) said that Scott is looking pretty good. All the tests came back with decent results, except for the DVT in his calf.
For right now we are attributing Scott's dizziness, fatigue etc on a medication that Scott had recently started taking to help him sleep. We stopped the medication (last dose was Monday night) and today Scott was feeling better. While he's still not back to where he was on Monday he's doing better. Hopefully he'll be back to where he was on Monday after a restful weekend.

The DVTs (blood clots) that were found in Scott calf yesterday may be the death of me. They are causing some significant swelling in Scott's leg which in turn is making all the horrible skin problems (black yucky spots) get worse.
We just can't seem to catch a break with this leg. It's huge, swollen, useless and a maintenance nightmare at the moment. But it won't last forever and we are seeing some small signs of improvement as it relates to feeling and movement. They are tiny improvements but we'll take 'em and do a happy dance with every teeny tiny forward step.

Scott did PT and OT for 2 sessions each. He worked really hard and pushed through the still slightly "off" feeling head. I continue to be amazed by his tenacity and drive. Wish I could find half as much drive when it comes time to get the laundry done and house cleaned. Can you say "train wreck"?

Hoping this last setback was only for a day. All the sunshine here today fills me with hope.

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BIG NEWS - Baby Ryan was on his way home tonight. He should be snuggling his mommy and daddy and sharing smiles with his big brother Adam in his own home.
Homecoming are such wonderful moments, we can relate to how the Donahue's must be feeling tonight.

Remember Scott's homecoming from his stay at RUSH from May - July in 2008?

Now, that was a good day. The next homecoming can't come soon enough.

Becca and the other "lurkers" please don't be shy about posting comments. We cannot say enough about how beneficial ALL the comments are to us. It's so easy to get lost in "medical world" it's nice to have other peoples stores, comments or perspectives to talk about. It's a little piece of sanity for us.

Oh and Becca, sitting there being Scott's "recliner" made me tear up too. I too am a sap... when I let myself be.
So much of my time is spent as "nurse" or PT/OT assist (which I love and need to be able to do) but it was nice to find a moment to just be his wife.