Joanie's home!

I brought Joanie home this afternoon. She had a tough night and day today because her new roommate had a bad smoker's cough, was confused, and talked loudly and often. She is delighted to be home & I've promised to not talk to her...well, maybe a little. We had two kinds of soup thanks to Bonnie & Wendy. Joanie called her relatives to bring them up to date, and was delighted to go to bed at 8:30. The cat was delighted she went to bed then also. I unloaded and put away a lot of things, did a load of wash, and washed dishes. I'm also looking forward to crashing soon.

I'm going to go in late to school in the morning so I can get Joanie up, help her get dressed, (a challenge with one arm strapped to your body because of a break), and get her breakfast. Three wonderful friends are going to take turns staying with her Thursday (thanks Earlene, Bonnie, & Nancy) while we assess her ability to be home alone.

She continues to look better and feel better except for the great pain in her left arm/shoulder. Thanks for your prayers.

Joanie comes home!

Wednesday afternoon, Joanie is scheduled to be released from her inpatient therapy center. She is feeling better and looking better as she continues to make progress every day. Since arriving here in Sonora last Tuesday, Joanie has made many positive steps towards returning home. In spite of her great care, she is anticipating looking out her own windows at home where several trees are have beautiful leaves to view. She seems to think that she needs her cat to sit on her lap (the cat agrees!) and watch a little Home & Garden TV. By the time she gets home, she will have been gone almost four weeks.

This photo was taken Sabbath afternoon sitting on the patio at TCU. It was one of those perfect Fall afternoons with temperatures in the mid 70's.