The First Day

Paul's first day home was uneventful. He walked to the Guard House to say hello to a couple of the gate guards here at the Thousand Trails. Everybody here knew of his problems and have been praying for us. They were very excited to have him home again too.

I made the trip to Walmart for his several new prescriptions. What a test. It took about 1 1/2 hours and we turned the papers in the night before. Oh well, so much for planning ahead. There were some conflicts with several pills and even one he can't take until he finished the antibiotic.

That taken care of, it was time to trade Arla's car for Paul's truck. The timing worked out to have his truck in the dealership for warranty repairs and borrow a car Paul could climb in and out of by himself. It sounds like a simple task but it took 2 1/2 hours. I stopped at Costco and picked up Paul's repaired hearing aids on the way home but that only took 10 minutes. I fed him lunch and we both took a much needed nap.

When he's through on his computer we'll go for another short walk and settle in for the night. We're both tired but he has a reasonable excuse, I'm just dragging for no apparent reason.

All in all, he's doing great and taking it easy, as the doctor insisted. I'm just doing the chores to keep life going. We have been richly blessed and are so very grateful for all our friends and family who have been praying for us, a huge
T H A N K S .