2004-05-21
When I was leaving Lois today, she grabbed a hold of my arm and with a big smile said very clearly “This was a great day!” And it was. Today Lois went to her house for the first time since the stroke. We have been talking about it for weeks but today was the day. She want to see how her wheelchair went in her house. She could not get the chair into any of her bathrooms. We did pick out some clothes and she was able to find her car title which I have been searching for weeks. We had a little trouble getting in and out of the house—up and down the stairs was a little harder than I thought. Then when we got back to Weinberg, Lois was able to try out an electric wheelchair that the campus has. It was very easy for her to navigate it and now she really wants one. The concern that they have at Weinberg is that she will not work on walking and getting in and out of her chair as much if she has an electric chair. By the time all this had happened today Lois was exhausted. But it was a great day.