Feb 28, 2007

The drug the urologist put Gary on for the leaking problem has had no effect. Gary is almost out of the prescription. He is going to call the doctor and as if he should be tested for a UTI, again. He talked to a bridge program nurse at Shepherd, and she told him in a few rare cases some people with spinal cord injuries constantly have a low-level UTI and constantly stay on a low-dose of antibiotics. I am not happy at the thought of Gary staying on an antibiotic all the time, but neither am I happy with the prospect of him constantly having an infection.

Mar 5, 2007

Gary already achieved his push goal. He went the entire way from the student activities center to the math building with no rest. He timed himself: fourteen minutes and forty seconds from door to door. He remarked that for the first time no one even offered to push him. I told him it was obviously because he didn’t look like he needed help. Quite a change from his first push, when he couldn’t even make it down the hall at Shepherd without resting.

He continues to gain in strength at his workouts on campus.

We have recently watched a couple movies we very much enjoyed: “Something New,” about an interracial relationship; “Shattered Glass,” a true story about the fraudulent journalist Steven Glass who fabricated parts or all of more than half of his articles published in "The New Republic." We are currently watching “Babel,” and are about halfway through it. I came across this same director’s first movie, “Amores Perros,” at least a year ago. That one I found compelling from the start, even though it is a dark tale about some rather unsavory characters. So far all I can say about this one is it is interesting.