After 6 weeks of therapy at home, I'm done that portion of my rehab.

I was re-evaluated and file goes back to the Glenrose to determine what to take for the out patient therapy. I can see there is lot to do but I need to remember how far I've come. From the first day of the stroke where all I could say was "hi ya" (and not another word according to Terry Makarowski) to now being able to complete sentences (with some word searching for certain words), and close to full recovery of the right had side...all is good.

I go this month to the Stroke Rehab follow up and with any luck, will find out when I can go to my driver's test.

Thanks again for all the warm wishes and support when I needed them!

After a wonderful weekend to celebrate the wedding of Sarah and Sean MacDonald.

Big shout out to Richard, Zach, Ken, Terry, Sharon and Jackson - who made my first airplane (post stroke) easy and stress free. I couldn't have made it without all of you. I would have hated to miss it.

I am writing this from the Glenrose hospital, after just over three week there, I am being discharged! 

The recovery is still a ways away but will continue on from home. Thank you to all of you who have kept all of us in your thoughts and prayers and will continue to do so. I will continue to update you through here!

Woo Hoo!!!  Rae got to come home on a weekend pass. Picked her up Friday night with all her dirty laundry. We've been having a great visit. She brought her walker from the Glenrose but she hasn't needed it.

I've found out she does like to be waited on but we don't mind a bit. The nurses have been spoiling her. She goes back to the hospital on Sunday night for another week of rehab. They think she might be home for good around July 7th potentially.

They moved Rae to the Glenrose Tuesday. They took her to the U of A for a test and decided to save a trip so they took her to the Glenrose instead of the Grey Nuns. She is on the fourth floor in nursing station 4B room 202.  She finally gets a room to herself.

Today they will be assessing her and making a schedule for her rehab. They will probably keep her busy from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Visitors should be okay anytime after 4:00 pm. Her weekends will be free so anytime on weekends. She can get weekend passes but she needs to apply for those the Tuesday before so I will let everyone know if we are planning on taking her home for a weekend.

She arrived at the Glenrose around 4:00 yesterday. She talked to one of the evaluation staff there for a bit and they thought she should be out of the hospital in about three weeks if all goes according to plan. That was just a quick estimate and they might revise that goal but it sounds promising.

Rae had a good day today. Lots of hard work on the bike. She is real tired tonight though.
They are now saying she will move to the Glenrose on Wednesday. I'll let everyone know for sure when it happens.

She would rather not have any visitors tonight or Tuesday. She is getting really tired after her rehab which is a good thing because that means she's giving it her all.

Rae's improvements have slowed down this week. Or maybe it just seems that way. If she is well rested her comprehension and speech are really good. She still forgets a word or name every once in a while but she is doing great.

Her right side is still weak. She did a lot of work on that part of her body this week and it looks like it is working. She is walking well with a walker now. She thinks she'll be able to do stairs by next weekend.

They told her last week that she was was going to go to the Glenrose on Monday but they changed their mind. I'm guessing they needed the bed for someone else. It looks like she is on the top of the waiting list so it shouldn't be long before she moves there anyway. I'll let you all know when she moves.

Rae is in very good spirits. She is going to do her best to get back to 100%. I was mentioning to Aaron today that maybe I should cancel the insurance on her vehicle. She was in the washroom at the time. Her hearing works real good and she yelled to me "no way". I guess she'll be on the road before too long also.