Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:59 PM, MDT

Another good day. I believe that we are climbing back up the mountain. Today the doctor decided to end the night tube feedings, so Bill needs to eat and drink enough. It is a little tricky to get him to eat as much as I want him too. I do believe that he will get hungry and  all that will take care of itself.

His physical therapy continues to go very well.
Visitors are welcome to stop in, after 6pm is usually
 a good time.

Friday, September 3, 2010 6:39 AM, MDT

Bill doing stairs. He did these so well! We are still trying figure out the best way for him to get nutrition. It may take a little longer than I had thought. We will get there! He has had a very good week.
Jalyn and I are going to visit Kayla this weekend.
Tom will be staying here and helping with Bill.

Monday, September 6, 2010 8:39 PM, MDT

Jalyn and I had a very nice visit with Kayla this weekend. Kayla is doing very well. She is doing well in all her classes and is loving Chemistry.

Last night, we noticed some swelling in his arm. It was later determined that he has a blood clot in his arm, probably caused by the pic line that was recently removed. He is on the blood thinner Cumadin. We are hoping that this will be short lived.

Bill had no therapy today, it was all on me and the nurses. He had a pretty good day. The doctor is agreeing to take Bill off the anti-seizure meds all together. By the end of the week, he should not be taking any of those meds. He was playing solitaire this evening. I had to help him, but he was understanding what he was needing to do. It was very reassuring to see hi being able to focus. He had Tom, Jalyn, and I in stitches over some bathroom humor. Tomorrow is back to work! Say a little prayer that his head stays clear!

I actually have some anxiety as I write this. It is very difficult to go back and visit this time. I kept thinking that his head would stay clear. Unfortunately It didn't.

I had to go see Kayla, it was near her birthday and I had to be a mom for a few days. It was very hard to leave Bill and it was hard to leave Kayla. I am not sure how I made it through that weekend. I am so glad that I went. Everyone on the rehab floor encouraged me to go, they knew the pressure I was under.

It was so nice to be able to laugh at Bill and with him, he had a great sense of humor and he made me laugh all the time. I really enjoyed spending time with him. While he was hospitalized I enjoyed being with him when his mind was mostly clear. I didn't enjoy it when his brain was misfiring and doing weird things. Of course at the time I didn't know what was going on.

Bill wouldn't eat. It was very difficult to get him to eat. We were working with speech therapy every day to get his swallow back. It was hard work to get him to eat and swallow enough. We, Bill, me and the speech therapist, worked so hard to get his swallow back. I am thinking that the strokes were probably the reason for his lack of appetite and his swallow not being what it needed to be. (I learned that your swallow can be damaged and that there is therapy to help heal it.)

Bill's brother came out and stayed with Bill so that I could leave and visit Kayla with out worrying too much about what was going on back in Fort Collins. I love my brother-in-law and am so thankful for him and his family. I could not have made it with out him.