This past week has been quite a journey. Hopefully we’re back on a good track to David feeling better.
I think I have written before that one of David’s measure of improvement is whether he can reduce the number of different medicines he takes every day. By now he knows each pill by size, color, weight and frequency and the daily routine of pill taking is not his favorite thing, put lightly. Well the good news is that at as he passed the 6 month milestone (from leaving the hospital) and after some recent tests he has been able to drop almost half the medicines in the last few weeks.
Last week David worked out a plan to ‘test’ the effectiveness of the one of the nerve medicines with the stroke doctor since David felt that it was not working. By weaning off the medicine he could test the effectiveness. Well, last night he went back on the medicine after a few days of pretty significant nerve pain. This morning its clear that this medicine is the right one and we’re hoping that in a few days it will build up again and he’ll be back to his walking again, in time for our trip. Yea!
Yesterday we had Oldies 630 KIDD radio in the store for a live broadcast of music and interviews. We always enjoy these events and it was great to be ‘back in the swing of things’. Today there will be wine tasting from one of our favorite vintners and grape growers (this is the friend that has lent us the exercise bike that David is using to get stronger). It should be a busy day at the store and a great motivator for David with his leg feeling a bit better.
More tomorrow!