Catching up ..... or down

The unofficial summer is over with the passing of Labor Day. Yellow school buses are back on the roads, leaves are starting to fall (or rather blow down in the wind and rain from recent storms). I am still not employeed. None of the jobs I have applied for have come my way.

BIG News is that Ann had a series of seizures (the first while in Maine on a week's vacation with Katie and Becky at the start of August). The Sunday (Aug. 6) after she retuned home, she had another one, so I called 911 and ambulanced her to Wilmington Hospital ER for a six hour stay. The following evening (Monday) I think she had another while going to the bathroom. Anyway, she fell with a really big THUMP and I found her on the floor wedged between the wall and toilet. She said she did not hit her head but did hurt her foot. Byon and I got her up and into bed with ice on her swollen left foot. A trip to Dr. Janice's office (she was on vacation) led us to get the foot x-rayed and then visit Delaware Ortho and Dr. Damian Andrisani who confirmed that Ann had broken the three bones in the top of her left foot. Ann picked purple for the color of her foot to mid calf cast. (Ann told Dr. A how she knew his mother and sister from years ago when Katie was in Brownies with them).

Knowing Ann's failure at using a cane in the past we forewent crutches in favor of a wheelchair. Byron built ramps into the front door and down the step from the Kitchen to the family room. After two or three nights with Ann on the family room couch and me sleeping in my recliner, Katie came up for a day and together with Byron and me, we moved my office upstairs to the guest room and put two twin beds in the office with a potty chair for Ann. Meanwhile, the same day Ann got her cast we saw Dr. Edelshon who started her on a new med to control her seizures better. So, the past four weeks have been rather routine for Ann, wheelchairing from room to room with Byron and me helping her up and down the ramps.

We have been getting out with the wheelchair .... dinner at Appleby's (Laura treated us to a very sweet dessert) and Hollywood Diner at Fairfax .... to various doctor's appointments .... and to Philadelphia with Byron and Mollie to see Lion King on Aug. 19, and to Joy Dara's weding to Cory Todd on Sunday, Sept. 3. Ann has done very well on these outings and we have had a good time. We both enjoyed Lion King and were impressed with the arrangements the Academy of Music on Broad Street made for us (space for Ann's wheelchair at the back of lower level with a chair next to it for me). Joy was a beautiful bride at the tradional Jewish wedding held at the Hotel duPont. Again, the hotel staff made it easy for us by helping us get from level to level via special elevators and allowing us to use the women's rest room.

Got to go make dinner .... more some day in the future.