Toren got to walk further and stronger yesterday than any day before.
I got trained in all sorts of new skills - including driving the wheelchair over curbs, bump, etc. Not as easy as it sounds!
I am now checked on on supervising Toren doing the vestibular exercises that make him feel so very queasy - isn't that grand!! Still it makes the world of difference.
Toren is having a shower, and then planning to wear street clothes - what a treat.
Helaini is parking the car, and then it is simply the gathering of the last pieces of paperwork and filling prescriptions before hitting the road for home.
We have said many of our goodbyes, and it is strangely bittersweet. The caring, the support and the true investment in Toren's recovery has been amazing. We have been so blessed.
The last two evenings have been spent with Fiona visiting us, it has been so wonderful to see his face light up when he sees her. We are blessed with family, with friends and community... it holds us up, pulls us forward, and gives us strength and hope when ours falters.
Going home is full of its own challenges, but I am confident that will the support we have we will go from strength to strength. As we speak Marvin is hopefully installing shower bars for Toren. His wheelchair is being delivered to Saratoga... my mother is making favorite treats for Toren to eat... And already we have tentative plans for a special visitor on Shabbat, and dinner with dear friends at our house on Friday night .... the balance of the next few days is dog play and settling in - and of course the key element in recovery - SLEEP - that is for both of us!!
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