Well another hurdle done, I got my license back today!! At least I can get to my doctors appointments without trying to have someone who can get me there.

It has been a bit since I've written so thought I'd let you all know how I'm doing.

My status has slowed down now since my stroke. Still doing my therapy at home and will return to out patient therapy in January. It will be a long road to go to recovery. Still can't drive which makes it seem harder in the winter and I don't feel like going out now that it has gotten colder outside.

There is still some difficulty communicating but I'm persevering but I do find it hard at night as I get more tired the words don't come easy as they do early in the day. I have to be careful if we decide to go out, to go to quiet places without a lot of background noise so I can focus on what is going on around me.

Other than that, things are good. Still keeping Auntie Joy in my prayers as she is not doing so well but she still is staying faithful and when I do talk to her, well you can imagine me with language barriers and her with pain medication how weird we must sound!

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.