It's 'Oh So Close'

December 29, 2010....I'm going home!  Can't believe it...they're discharging me!

They asked me did I have any questions???  One or two I guess....that was it....two for sure, "can I have coffee?"  I really like strong coffee....the color of night.  They said that was OK....decaf....12 ounces per day.  I have to limit how much sodium I have per day....and I have to avoid any 'greens' in my diet.  Also I should limit how much I drink per day.  No more than 24/32 ounces of water per day.  If I want orange/grape/grapefruit juice....8 ounces per day.   And many others regarding limits....so, so sad....but get on with it, and enjoy life!

Even before we went to our home....we had to get a wheel chair.  We stopped downtown across the Mayo Clinic in LaCrosse.  They set me up big time!

First things first when I got home.  My wife had the frame under our bed removed.  It's a king size bed....probably three feet off the ground....and she didn't want me to fall to far getting in the bed....or out! Every time I had to use the bathroom....day or night....my wife wanted me to wake her up....or 'ring' the bell she put beside our bed (typically BS....before stroke....I was in bed before my wife would go to bed).  She would put the wheel chair beside the bed....'help' me get out off the bed....into the wheel chair....and go to the bathroom.  About eight feet away....and it would at least take five/eight minutes to go through all that....just to get to the bathroom....wow!