Day 90 (Course 2 Day 36)

Hello Everyone,

Things are going ok out here. We're settled into a pretty good routine and thankfully all of the jackhammering has finished for now. I'm sure it will be back to bother us more later but we're happy for the break now.

The second half of Mom's Course 2 got delayed a little bit due to some minor changes and her main Doctor being out of town. This is no big deal and we have learned to be flexible so we're just taking this time to try and get the minor stuff handled (which seems to be just as important as the major stuff). Mom's been trying to drink a lot of water, eat well and she is trying to exercise a little bit each day. We had a little scare earlier when she toppled over while looking for something in the fridge. Fortunately, she was already bent down almost to the ground and she didn't get hurt at all. What we did realize, however, was that she has very little strength in her legs to help her get back up. That proved to be quite a process but through a little patience and some creative thinking we were able to get her up and she was good as new. She's going to keep working on getting her strength back and hopefully these things will get easier for her.

Today she did 14 minutes on the bicycle in the gym downstairs while watching Sunny Anderson on Food TV. She just wheeled away until Giada came on and started making something gross. Then she realized she was working out and decided it was enough. She did a great job though - I was really proud of her. She even did a few exercises with a little 2 lb medicine ball.

I'll be with Mom through tomorrow and then Dad will be here for her appointment on Thursday. She'll hopefully have an easy day and have a nice relaxing weekend. We'll keep you all updated.

Thanks,

Amy