Shopping Day - Feb 19

Hey Yall,

Sorry we missed posting yesterday, we were pooped out, we decided to watch a movie and chill for the evening. I intended on posting after the movie however it just got late by the time we got Jerry back in Bed.

We have the best primary care doctor, I'm sure many of you who live in the valley here know her Amy Soloman. I got to give her a shout out she is so wonderful, for anyone looking for a primary doctor she's opening her own practice in Ben Lomond. Dr. Soloman came by for a house call yesterday and was here over an hour and a half. I don't know any other doc that will do house calls these days and spend that much time with you, props to the doc.

Jerry has been in a lot of pain the last few days and unfortunately he has been back on the pain meds. His pain medication is just not working for him so Dr. Soloman prescribed something different. We think the source of the pain is not having a suitable place to relax. The wheelchair is not as comfortable as the one he had in the hospital, the back rest hurts his back. The loaner bed is too small his feet and head go end to end. The mattress is horrendous, we put a temperpedic pad on the bed but then he sunk too much into it. We have two recliners that are pretty worn out and the back sinks in too much, we tried propping with pillows but it's just not doing the trick. Jerry just can't seem to get comfortable no matter where he sits, we may have to go buy a new recliner that's more suitable for him, one that is firm so he doesn't sink in. We need to contact the vendor and see about getting a different loaner bed.

Jerry has a doctor appointment tomorrow the new doctor, Dr Quinn is specialized in spinal cord injury. We will get authorization for rehab through Dr Quinn and be able to start rehab with Dominican Rehab Center hopefully within a week or so. We really want to get him down to SCI-FIT in Pleasenton however we have to wait until we get a van. We can go to Dominican in the meantime so the down time is minimal. The car transfers will be a challenge but Dennis and I are getting better.

On a more positive note Jerry's right bicep is getting much stronger and last night Jessica was massaging Jerry's feet and he said he could feel something. These are encouraging signs, I will take any new feelings or movement as a blessing.

We are going on an outing today to Costco to get a few groceries, it will be nice to get out of the house. Someone also offered us a van for free, we will go take a look at it. The van is not running and will need some work but if the door opening and floor to ceiling height is tall enough I'm sure Dennis can get it running.

I will touch back later this evening and let you all know how the day went.

Katie