December 16th

I felt bad for Pam as I left the house.  She was talking with the hospital, Steve's daughter, and Steve's doctor working on getting him the help that he needs.  The hospital was going to release him for Pam to bring back home but when she asked if he could climb stairs no one had even thought of having him try.  He couldn't even climb one step.

I went on to Julie's though I stopped to eat breakfast since she and Mason had just got up.  I arrived in perfect timing with everyone ready for the day.  Mason had stayed home since he was still not feeling up to par.  Julie wanted a shower so that was the project of the morning.  Her incision was only 6 inches and we covered it with a bandage and totally enclosed it with tape so no water could get in.  It still amazes me how well she is walking and doing things.  I know how wonderful it felt to her and was happy to stay with her and hand her everything she needed and made sure she was safe.

Once done with the shower Julie wanted to walk down to the Indian place for lunch.  We first lowered her walker and she found it worked much better.  I had to walk fast to keep up with her.  We had a great lunch and when Julie and I were walking out I said it sure would be nice to go the hardware store that was one more block.  Julie liked the idea so off we went.  I do love their hardware store.  Julie found everything she needed, batteries, soap plunger, etc. and then Mason found her a cane though it was too high.  It needed to be cut down to the same height as her walker.  I just knew hat they would do that and sure enough.  We bought it and one of the guy's measured it and cut it for her.  It was perfect and now in the house she's using the cane. 

Just as we were walking home it started to sprinkle.  We were very lucky since it started raining very hard again.  We had a great afternoon watching Miracle on 34th Street.  It was in color so that was great.  Julie and I started putting together her puzzle.  Julie stretched over the puzzle too much and after needed to lay down.  She also needed pain meds.  While she rested Mason and I watched White Christmas in color which i hadn't seen, or didn't remember that version either.  It was so great to get into the spirit of Christmas and see the wonderful classics.

I left at 7 and picked up a chicken sandwich on the way to Pam's.  I had talked on the phone with her and she got Steve's doctor to transfer him to a hospital in Sacramento.  They finally decided that he couldn't go home since he lived by himself 2 1/2 miles outside of Sacramento.  Besides the antibiotics, he needs physical therapy to get his strength up.  Pam worked hard getting him the help that he needs.  She was quite exhausted when I got home since she had stayed with him until he was transferred.

Pam and I relaxed and watched some tv.  All in all a great day.  We were both happy Steve is getting the help that he needs.