What a nice week we've had! We didn't do too much Weds. or Thurs. Bill finally got a haircut which made him feel much better. We spent both afternoons and evenings with the kids and had a great time getting to know little William. He's a very happy baby.

It was a little hard to get used to someone being in the condo again and every time Bill gets up, I wake up. But that's been the norm for the last 5 years so nothing new. We've also gotten into the routine of meds and timing and finger sticks. He complains a lot about it, but accepts it.

Today was his evaluation by physical therapy and she was extremely pleased with him. She thinks it will only take 2 weeks, 3 days a week, to get him ready for the cardiac rehab. All of the girls were glad to see him and we were surprised to see one of his nurses there. She said she rotates between the hospital and therapy. Debbie, the therapist, did re-enforce the walker rules and the driving rules. They did put driving down as one of his goals. One of the things she had him try was a finger exercise. He couldn't do it and she said that will get his OT consult. Dr. Yip had just requested the PT consult. The OT will continue with his hand rehab. Now we just have to see about the speech therapy for cognition.

The kids left after his appointment and we've been in and out. Bought a few groceries and then went to Walmart. I had a signal light out and I managed to change it myself! Of course Bill was supervising! We've watched the baseball game and will get supper started before much longer. We have found that we are both ready for bed by 9:30 now so it doesn't take long after supper and dishes before we're nodding off.

Bill's 3 meal choices for when he was discharged and could eat was breakfast at Waffle House, lunch at Rosina's (a local Italian bistro) and a steak from Applebees. He had the lunch Wednesday and tomorrow morning we're going to Waffle House for breakfast. I'm not sure when we're going to Applebees, whenever he says it's time. The owner of Rosina's was sooo glad to see Bill. He said that if he had known where to bring it he would have sent us food while he was so sick. We also saw some folks at Mayo today. The leader of the support group saw him for the first time since he was in ICU and she burst into tears when she saw him. We also saw some LVAD patients. I had met some of them while he was in the hospital and he had met one but doesn't remember them. But, that's OK, he'll get to know them again!

We are now out of the "cone of concern" with Isaac. We'll probably get some rain so we may not go many places next week except for therapy. But, I have lots of things I can knit and Bill has lots of puzzle books to work so we'll stay occupied.

All for today. Have a great week-end!