- Although he wasn't here for her first day of school, John was very much present for Nora's moving up ceremony and last day of school (a half day and we took her to a new cheese shop/deli in town for lunch):
Our new 1st grader! - I never realized until after John's accident just how often the helicopter lands at Memorial Hospital (a Level II Trauma center, 3 blocks from our house). You can hear the chopper plain as day throughout my house and yard.
- Wednesday night, the tornado sirens went off just. after. we. left Nora's room... but the good news is, we got to do a drill and we had our first time getting everyone to the basement since John's accident. We made it in 3 minutes (I think -- I wasn't actually timing us), Nora did everything we had outlined for her when we discussed it a few weeks ago, we remembered everything, and the cats let me catch them (a minor miracle!). The great news: no tornado, so just some extra reading time.
- Nora is loving being home for the summer with Ma and Pa -- we're playing an extended game of Little House on the Prairie. And somehow, she still finds it exciting, 2 weeks in, when I take her to my office three times a week while John does his exercises at Rolfs.
- John and I are catching up on movies we've missed. Two we've enjoyed so far are Butter and Lincoln (very different stories with intriguing thematic overlaps).
- And with the blessing of John's doctor and PT, he's tried driving in a parking lot. He's able to maneuver from the brake to gas pedal (and more importantly, back again!) and he can control the wheel, so now he just has to adjust to new blind spots and get acclimated to driving in traffic.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Random observations/notes...
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Other than a tornado siren it sounds as if everything is great in South Bend. Glad to hear that John is ready to get behind the wheel again. It's another fabulous milestone in his amazing recovery. He's truly blessed.
ReplyDeleteLove to all. Can't wait to see you.
Pat
It really is going well here -- the three of us are enjoying good healing time together.
ReplyDeleteAnd today we played a little trick on Nora. We went to a graduation party for one of John's students from last year, and when we left, I asked John if he wanted to drive home. Nora didn't hear me ask, and she didn't know that he'd been practicing. So he got in the driver's seat, I got in the passenger seat, and turned to make sure she'd buckled herself in. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Hey! What's going on here??" and when we told her Daddy was driving us, she broke out into one of the biggest grins I've ever seen on her face!
Even when John couldn't be there, he was "there" and Nora knew that.
ReplyDeleteHe must be so pleased to be driving. What a huge step in regaining his independence!
Major milestones...the basement!!! DRIVING!!! So happy for the three of you and so grateful for John's continued progress and perseverance.
ReplyDeleteXOXO,
Aunt Jennie