Out of the hospital

Sept 13th Friday Physical Therapist and Occupational therapist spent some time and wanted to see what I could do for myself. (not much) But enough that they cleared me to go home Sat if I could show the Therapist on Saturday that I could walk and climb stairs in a stable manner. Erik brought Shar over and she stayed the night. Buddy and Allyson, and Uncle Bob & Karen came to visit. In the eve, Dr. came to say they were there to remove the chest tube. What a relief. That is miserable. Sept 14th Saturday Kelli & Keyton came to visit. Jared and Madison came to pick Shar & Myself up. Jared brought my fore-arm crutches. I took some pain meds and called in the Therapist. He walked me through some stuff, then onto the walker and then the crutches. He agreed that for me, the crutches were a better choice. Then some steps (with lots of sweating) and I was cleared to go home. Mike Millet picked up a wheel chair and had it waiting at home when we got here at 9PM. And Bruce, Doug and Erik joined Jared to get me out of the car in the back yard and into the wheel chair. I slid ¾ out of the car but had no more strength so 3 of them just picked me up and plopped me in the chair (gently) Erik has pulled our (very) low seat toilet from downstairs and had a new tall one which he and Jared finished installing. With the extra handicap lift, the toilet is now the same height as the wheel chair. I “moved in” downstairs. Wheel chair will not fit in the bathroom so the door was removed and Jared hooked up a sheet door.