2008.11.19

2008.11.19 Wednesday
Halleluiah, Linda woke on her birthday today, and for first time since operation ,could read the newspaper. Maybe the doctor was right, with "give it time." Vision not perfect of course but enough to get her excited. She did take a sleeping pill Tuesday night and one of best nights yet. (10am)

She spent most of the day in living room in and around the new lift chair. She thinks that is the best thing ever. A "funny" thing happened today as the neighbor in the condo below Linda called to ask if she had a lion in her condo. Linda said no, just two little cats. Don pointed to the chair control and Linda told the neighbor about the chair. ooops. It growls when it goes up and down. The neighbor said that it was ok. Nevertheless we will stop playing with the chair as much and be more careful about the sound. Don has been know to use it late at night . .

Vision stayed pretty good all day and she could read some of the captions on TV and tried the Computer with large fonts for a few minutes. Not ready yet for emailing.

Tonight we had a great birthday dinner at OutBack. She had been wanting steak for days and we got some good ones plus a fabulous blooming onion. We had told our waitress it was her birthday and we got the singing waiters routine which pleased her no end. She was in a great mood all day. Marlene is buying Linda a new wardrobe as the days pass and that is fun for her. She had several calls today and enjoyed the talks. Received birthday and get well cards today and enjoyed them. Thanks.

We did not get to reading Dewey today, but we learned it will have a sad ending. We agreed we wanted to keep going any way because there is so much joy along the way.

Today was last day on steroids. Monday she sees her surgeon for her one month follow up visit. She seemed twice as strong today as yesterday.

A very good birthday for Linda. Your prayers and support are working.