Another day better forgotten.

It started out OK.  Dick was somewhat unsteady getting out of bed this morning, but we got him all settled and I headed to Sheboygan to have the emission test done on the car for my license renewal.  That went very well and the car passed the test with flying colors.    On the way home I had time to stop at Walgreens to pick up Dick's prescription and a couple of other necessities.

We had to leave at 10AM for Dick's appointment with Dr. Herman's nurses.   This is where things fell apart.   We did very well getting him into the car BUT when we got to the Sheboygan Clinic, he did not have the strength to stand up and get into a wheel chair.  With a lot of help, (would you believe that one of the nurses from the emergency room visit a couple of weeks ago came by and stepped in?  Angels are watching!) he finally DID get transferred and we got him up for his visit.  

That turned out to be a dud too.   It seems that the process that Dr. Herman wanted us to do will not work at this time, so we are back to square one.    They will be calling tomorrow to let us know plan 2.   Fortunately three members of Dr. Herman's staff helped us get him back into the car so that we could go home.

We stopped for Dairy Queen on the way home.  It seemed only right.  We split a bacon cheeseburger meal.

Nice and dedadent.

Nancy from VNA came to give Dick his bath and was there to help me in transferring him twice.    I was so grateful.   He is all sparkly clean too.

We spent a very quiet afternoon.    I napped for a bit and Dick did too.   We removed and replaced his prostheses in mid afternoon to give the legs a chance to rest and be sure they were on right.   They are definitely slipping.  Marty HAS to fix that.   Along with Dick's weakness, this is a disaster waiting to happen.

Anyway.   I, for one, am glad today is over.   Tomorrow is not much better, but at least Dick does not have to go anywhere.  Home is much safer these days.

I made a couple of calls today to see about getting help in here.   It is so hard to determine WHAT help will be practical, but we have to keep Dick safe at all costs.

So.  Until tomorrow.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Let's remember that each day is a new beginning.   And the good old saying  One day at a time.