September 16, 2006

Showering continues to be a major effort for Gary (and still shoots practically the whole morning), the hardest part being the transfers using the transfer board when he is unclothed. I had to do more than just supervise today – he lost his balance and fell forward in going from his wheelchair to the shower bench. Fortunately I (and the toilet) caught him and helped him back onto the transfer board. Needless to say, we both agree he isn’t ready to do those transfers unsupervised. I had again suggested he use the long transfer board, but for some reason he didn’t want to. After today’s efforts, he says next time he’ll take my advice (we’ll see ;-)). I think it will help – he can keep his hands on it while pushing down and in this way the board won’t stick to him when he moves; the short transfer board does.

Gary commented that even though taking a shower is work, it is worth it because it feels so good.

I guess Saturday has become our grocery shopping day. We made sure to go during the game so to avoid any crowds ;-).

A big wave to Mom G, who has now joined us in cyberspace – she got a computer from a friend, who also showed her how to set up email, so now she doesn’t have to go to her friend’s to read the blog.