Today we got some really great news. Next Thursday Mr. Grinch gets to come home! A week from today is his last PT treatment, and Thursday he is discharged. We are both very excited by this news. It's been a long couple of months for us, and yes, we still have a tough rode ahead of us. But, at least he will be here at home where he feels more comfortable and happy. Had they not told us today it was set for him to go home Thursday, we were going to take an afternoon weekday outing, come home, and let him walk up the steps into the RV that is our Home Sweet Home, then up 3 more steps into the bathroom. That way if we had to, we could could assure them he could manage those steps. I would have taken photos of him at the top of those steps with the iPhone had it been necessary to get him home. Thank goodness we didn't have to resort to that.
The gears are grinding, wheels are turning, hopefully everything is going to go smoothly, and the things he has to have through Home Health will be delivered on time. They won't spring for a wheelchair and a Rollator walker with a seat. We get one or the other through them, so I told Margie, "Go for the Rollater with a nice seat. I'll get the wheelchair from Walmart. We'll use the chair when we have to. But, once he's in my tender clutches, he's going to get his ass out of that chair, and start walking more." She nodded and replied, "Good girl! All you really need then is the smaller transport one for chemo treatments and doctor visits."
We will probably come home on our weekend outings so he can go ahead and start getting used to getting up and down the steps into his man cave. And even enjoy a little time in there relaxing this weekend. Then next Thursday, he can walk up those steps, and know he is home to stay.
