Round And Round
Mr. Grinch was in very good spirits today. As we were sitting out in the courtyard I noticed he was sitting there with that evil little smile of his plastered on his face. I furrowed my brows, studied him for a moment, and asked, "WTF are you up to?" He tried to look innocent, and replied, "Nothing, I was watching that white butterfly." I could feel my eyebrows raise in disbelief, and said, "Bullshit. That was so NOT a butterfly watching look you were wearing. Not unless you had obscene thoughts concerning the butterfly. And I don't think you have sunk that low, yet." He never did tell me what he was really thinking. Which all things considered, is just as well knowing him.
To take his mind off whatever obviously obscene thoughts he was having, I told him we were going to go around the circle at the end of the courtyard, and he could wheel himself around it for a little additional exercise. I pushed him up the path to the start of the circle, let go of the wheelchair, then told him, "Work it baby, work it." As he worked it he moaned, "You are trying to kill me!" I just rolled my eyes and replied, "No silly. If I were really trying to do that, I would have rolled you to the edge of a cliff by now, given you a good shove, then told the police I have NO clue why or how you rolled yourself over that cliff. Now stop wasting oxygen moaning about me trying to kill you, and work it."
That little circle in the at the end of the courtyard is about to become his training track. We are working on getting him a wheeled walker with a seat. I called his social worker today to request one, and she said she would talk to Matt and get him to okay it. Once Matt gives the okay, we will use one of the ones they have at the nursing and rehab center. å When he gets discharged, Anna will see to we are provided with one via Home Health Care. The walker will be much easier for me load and unload on our outings. When we are out in the courtyard, he can walk that little circle for some added exercise. He may have to sit down and rest at least once the first time or two we walk the circle But, in time, he will be able to complete a full circle, and stroll back to our patio table without resting.
That little circle at the end of the courtyard isn't his only training track though. There are other nice sidewalks and patios all around the nursing and rehab center. We are also going to start utilizing those. River Road Park has a totally awesome sidewalk we can enjoy on our outings. In fact, we can also enjoy parts of the beautiful Heart Of Boerne trail as well. That's right, once we get him that rolling walker with the seat on it, Mr. Grinch is about to start utilizing and enjoying sidewalks. When he gets tired, he can sit on the seat and I can push him along until he catches his breath, then he can walk a little more.
