Better Each Day!

I know, I know... people have been calling because I didn't update yesterday, and I apologize.  I was intending on doing it all evening, but I kept falling asleep.  We both seem to be resting a lot lately!

We have had a couple of great days, and it's been such a blessing to us.  Yesterday, Rob was able to get through his entire shower on his own, and he did great, although it wore him out.  But that's okay, he's doing SO good!

Then it was HIS idea to try to go outside (in the frigid temps) and go for a walk, so out we went!  We made it down a few apartment buildings and back, further than I thought he'd be able to go.  We walked slow and steady, and it was amazing to watch him.  He was walking, with his eyes shut sometimes, just taking in deep breaths of the fresh air and thoroughly enjoying it.  Like he had never experienced that before and he was taking it in and planting a memory deep inside.  

It's life.  That's what he's tasting now... Life.

You become so aware of it all... the blessings, the love, the beauty... when you've had that fear come prickling over you that it could be gone.  All of a sudden, people and places and things fall into a much clearer perspective.

We walked again this afternoon, and made it almost to the first corner.  Slow and steady, hand in hand, dog in tow.  Cold, but happy. :)

Our home nurse visited again today, and this angel-lady is helping us greatly in securing some of the supplies, the new parts of our lives, making this whole valley walk more than tolerable.  We are so thankful for her, so thankful your prayers for helping us brought her here.  She is absolutely an answer to us.

Rob's system is still not functioning quite right, but it's getting better.  A dear friend shared with me the fact that the remaining organs will be shifting to fill in the places where the old ones were removed... and it makes complete sense to us.  There will be ongoing tweaks and adjustments for a while, and we just need to allow the time for healing and moving and healing some more.

One oddity Rob has noticed is that his taste buds are not quite right...  Things he used to enjoy are not at all enjoyable now.  Night before last he ate a small piece of my Dove Dark Chocolate, and he made the most awful face I've ever seen associated with Dove, and he said it tasted bad!  In my most loving and most playfully-sarcastic tone I said, "Ohhhh, Honey... that is SO sad!!!  I feel just terrible!"  Rob was cracking up as he said, "It just means more for YOU!!!"  Ahhh, yes  -  he knows me too well sometimes.

All of these little things are victories to us, and we are stacking them up in our hearts, gaining strength with each one.  They may seem like little strides in the big picture, but they are monumental to Rob and to me, and although each one wipes him out and ends in a time of sleep to recover, they are, still, steps forward.

And for that we are grateful.

The appointment with the surgeon is next Wednesday, January 30th, not the 29th as I had posted earlier.  On that day Rob will get all the staples out of his bruised belly, get those icky stints pulled out of his kidneys, and we will listen intently, hand in hand, as we hear the results of the pathology report and our future.

We're feeling good about it all, no matter what.  We're all wrapped snug and tight in the peace of your prayers.  (Thank you ♥)

One day at a time...



In Love and In Peace,

Cheri ♥