September 4, 2006
We interviewed another person for the housecleaning position today. She seemed like she’d be good, and she certainly is tender-hearted. She told us she rescues abandoned cats, and as she left she looked down at our threshold and said, “Come here, sweetie.” She then proceeded to move the caterpillar that was there so we wouldn’t step on it.
I spent the day doing a little organizing and working on revising my story. Gary worked on Topology Proceedings stuff, among other things. For dinner he wanted to try the Alaskan smoked salmon his family had sent but wasn’t sure what to have with it. I suggested he have it with fresh bread and goat cheese, which he did and said was very good. Just in case you ever want to try it ;-)
September 5, 2006
This morning before we started the part of the routine I help Gary with, he practiced turning onto his right side and padding off the position properly after being on his left side for several hours. He did it quite adequately. He is more comfortable sleeping on his left side (because of his shoulders) but would like to try to do his bowel program while lying on his right. It is supposed to be anatomically better to do it while lying on the right because of the way the bowel is coiled in the body, but he hasn’t been doing it that way because of his bionic finger – it was too stiff to do the rectal stimulation. Now his finger is much more flexible than in previous months, and he is much more hopeful it will return to full function.
We had another interviewee for the housecleaning job this morning, and we liked her too. But we made the rational decision – for the position we chose the person who saved the caterpillar.
The painters came and finished the garage and breezeway, so I believe the job is finished! Yesterday I noticed that there is a metal eagle up on the garage below the decorative circular window. Don’t know when they put that up, could have been a week ago ;-).
Gary talked with a state engineer about putting up a light at the intersection where his accident took place. The guy said the study that would determine whether or not there is enough traffic to warrant a light being put up there is taking place this week. So everyone who reads this blog should go travel those roads constantly for the next few days ;-) (and if you do, be very careful!).
Last night after we finished bathing the front half of Gary, in order for me to get the back half he needed to prone. As usual, because this takes place after we stretch him, he was too far to the middle to be able to turn into a prone, so he said, “Now I need to get my upper body over farther to my left,” and looked at me expectantly. “You’re going to do that, are you?” I replied as I wrapped my arms around him and tugged. “Yes, your body is an extension of mine now,” he joked. (Gives new meaning to “the two become one.” ) So tonight, when we were about to do the same thing, Gary recalled the moment by saying, “Now we’re going to move our body to our left.” :-)
We interviewed another person for the housecleaning position today. She seemed like she’d be good, and she certainly is tender-hearted. She told us she rescues abandoned cats, and as she left she looked down at our threshold and said, “Come here, sweetie.” She then proceeded to move the caterpillar that was there so we wouldn’t step on it.
I spent the day doing a little organizing and working on revising my story. Gary worked on Topology Proceedings stuff, among other things. For dinner he wanted to try the Alaskan smoked salmon his family had sent but wasn’t sure what to have with it. I suggested he have it with fresh bread and goat cheese, which he did and said was very good. Just in case you ever want to try it ;-)
September 5, 2006
This morning before we started the part of the routine I help Gary with, he practiced turning onto his right side and padding off the position properly after being on his left side for several hours. He did it quite adequately. He is more comfortable sleeping on his left side (because of his shoulders) but would like to try to do his bowel program while lying on his right. It is supposed to be anatomically better to do it while lying on the right because of the way the bowel is coiled in the body, but he hasn’t been doing it that way because of his bionic finger – it was too stiff to do the rectal stimulation. Now his finger is much more flexible than in previous months, and he is much more hopeful it will return to full function.
We had another interviewee for the housecleaning job this morning, and we liked her too. But we made the rational decision – for the position we chose the person who saved the caterpillar.
The painters came and finished the garage and breezeway, so I believe the job is finished! Yesterday I noticed that there is a metal eagle up on the garage below the decorative circular window. Don’t know when they put that up, could have been a week ago ;-).
Gary talked with a state engineer about putting up a light at the intersection where his accident took place. The guy said the study that would determine whether or not there is enough traffic to warrant a light being put up there is taking place this week. So everyone who reads this blog should go travel those roads constantly for the next few days ;-) (and if you do, be very careful!).
Last night after we finished bathing the front half of Gary, in order for me to get the back half he needed to prone. As usual, because this takes place after we stretch him, he was too far to the middle to be able to turn into a prone, so he said, “Now I need to get my upper body over farther to my left,” and looked at me expectantly. “You’re going to do that, are you?” I replied as I wrapped my arms around him and tugged. “Yes, your body is an extension of mine now,” he joked. (Gives new meaning to “the two become one.” ) So tonight, when we were about to do the same thing, Gary recalled the moment by saying, “Now we’re going to move our body to our left.” :-)
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