Busy days again

Sherry is back at it and busy again. Yesterday she paid a visit to Dona at her tax business. She got to see many people that she has not seen in quite some time and it made her very happy. Then it was off for a visit to her old job at the courthouse. Again, she saw many of her former co-workers. According to Jody, she followed Renee around the courthouse, not needing to be led by the arm as in past visits. She spent a great deal of time this evening telling me what she wanted me to post tonight. It is very important to her that everyone who I just just mentioned know that they are a big part of what keeps her going and moving forward. When she gets down, she thinks of her friends at the courthouse and how she still hopes to return to work there some day. She was in tears as she was telling about how hearing from Eric on the phone and on this blog, visiting with Sean most every Friday lifts her up. She loves seeing "the zoo" when they come over. She wanted me to be sure to once again, thank all of her therapists that are so important to her and Jody as well, who has done so much for her. Our girls also try to help in their own way, although we are struggling a bit in that area at the present time. So, thank you to everyone. Sherry's recovery is a total team effort and there are those of you out there who are helping and probably don't even know it.

Sherry also remains very busy at home, constantly cleaning and rearranging things. She actually has the kitchen and dining room area looking the best it has looked in quite some time. She is just getting around so much better. I am really pushing her a bit more to do little things that we know she can do. Things like putting the mouthwash in a glass by herself, putting lotion on her arms by herself. She is working hard most every morning on getting herself dressed. This has proved to be a tough task, but she is making headway as of late. It has been very difficult for me to watch her struggle with this and get frustrated, so I have tended to do it for her and not let her fight it out with herself. So, she is trying hard to re-learn this skill. When you stop and think about it, getting dressed is one of the most complicated skills we use, it uses all of our motor skills, vision everything. It is hard for Sherry but we know it is a big part of getting better.

All of Sherry's therapists have given very good progress reports in the last week or so. I speech therapy, she continues to work on memory skills and multi-tasking with Kirsten. Betty, her vision therapist has her balancing on a big rubber ball, and doing work on her hands and knees. It wasn't that long ago that we were happy she could just get up and down from her chair without help, so there has been much progress. We still have a ways to go, but Sherry is up to it and I am more confidant than ever she will get to where she wants to be.

Enough for now,

I love my wife.....tomorrow we move forward,

Dean