Enjoying sunshine and relaxing on the lawn

Today I brought the boys to visit Mordy at the rehab hospital.  Mordy had just woken up from a nap, so he was energetic and happy to see his sons.  He used the walker to walk from his bed to the wheelchair, where we wheeled him outside (or, more accurately, he wheeled himself!) into glorious weather.

Mordy sat in the chair for a while as the boys ran around on the grass.  Although Mordy's having a lot of trouble with his eyes at the moment, seeing his children running on the grass gave him much pleasure.  He explained that it is easier to control his eyes as they tracked a moving image--like the boys running--than to control the eyes while looking at something stationary. At one point, he got out of the wheelchair and lay down on the grass, enjoying the fresh air and sun as the boys climbed over him with hugs and kisses.

Overall, Mordy is doing pretty well.  He is taking an anti-nausea medication which is helping.  He also had physical therapy today, so he practiced going up and down stairs and doing other tasks.  The therapy has been great...now if he can only get his eyes coordinated again, he'll be in terrific shape.

Tomorrow he has a neuro-opthomologist coming to see him, to assess his eyes and determine what can be done to correct the problem.  I look forward to reporting on how that visit goes.

As for me, after the visit, I took the boys to visit friends in Princeton, which was a pleasure.  It was good to see close friends and the kids enjoyed playing with other children (and, of course, getting ice cream!).  One of my friends, Dr. David Nathan, asked how I'm doing and I said that I'm ok, but I am a little sad about everything.  David pointed out that I'm probably feeling a sense of loss.  Yes!  I didn't realize it until he named it for me...loss of a feeling that we're young and healthy and have so much ahead of us...loss of a sense of security in having Mordy with me...loss in the short term plans we had for this summer (though we still don't know which of those plans we still might be able to salvage)...loss in just having Mordy with me at home these days.  I do feel that loss. I called Mordy and asked if he feels sad, too, and he said he's a little sad, but mostly impatient.  He wants to recover faster than he's been able. We're both aware that it will take time, and patience, for him to recover.  We're still taking it one day at a time.

On a completely different note, another good friend asked if there's a way to "subscribe" to this blog, so she could get an email when I update the blog.  The answer is yes and no.  I've added a feature to this site, on the upper right, where you can put in your email address to "follow by email."  Once you put in your email address, you'll get an email asking you to confirm.  When you confirm, you'll be a subscriber and you'll get an email once a day with the latest blog post(s). BUT, it won't send you a message the moment I update the blog...just once a day each day, probably at the same time each day.

Until tomorrow...taking it one day at a time.