Russ attends Jon and Marites's wedding

Well the two things Russ most wanted to do over the Christmas weekend happened. Church on Christmas Eve and the wedding we've all been waiting for Jon Llera finally took the plunge. We are so happy for the bride and groom and Russ was so excited to be able to attend the event.

Congratulations to Jon and Marites, we love you.
We're still trying to navigate our way through his recuperation
every new setup takes time to get used too. We'll make it through, with prayer and his grace.

Tomorrow the pins come out of Russ's wrist, so one more restriction down we hope. If you're one of the people that love the medical pics check tomorrow I'll take pics of the whole process. yah.

Merry Christmas from Home

Russ is home for good, he will complete the rest of his rehab at home. We are so excited that he was home on Christmas Eve and we got to attend our Church service what a blessing. It's a lot of work having him home with the use of only one hand and one foot for pivoting only, but I guess he's worth it. I kinda of feel like I did when I brought home Lauren, so much stuff to learn and so little sleep. This is why I had children when I was young and had the energy. I will survive and so will he, hopefully I won't break him. God is with us every step of the way, if he wasn't we'd both be on the floor. Thanks for all the welcome homes, Russ feels so loved.

Farewell to all my friends at Sharp Rehab

Tonight is the last night in the hospital for Russ. Tomorrow Christmas Eve the present I wanted the most is being delivered, Russ is coming home for good. It's been a good week, he's made a lot of progress and his therapists are kicking him out. They say they've taught him all they can for now, he can transfer from bed to wheelchair with very little help and he even stands upright with a platform walker, basically uses his arms to support his body and pushes with his left foot. He can get dressed in bed with the help of all of his nifty tools, and can even brush his own hair:) Oh, speaking of hair for all of you who think he can't grow any, just check out the picture of how much I cut off of his head. We hope to see all of you soon, Merry Christmas and God Bless.

Rehab happenings

It's been awhile since I updated you all, here's the latest scoop. Russ' progress meeting went well on Friday and there was talk of him coming home for good this week, yes this week. It all depends on tomorrow mornings home inspection, Russ gets to come home in the morning with his Occupational therapist to see what accommodations are needed for him at the house. Anyone know of a cheap elevator for houses, I would love for my husband to be able to sleep up stairs. Just dreaming, we'll have to convert the living or family room into a bedroom. The biggest challenge is going to be a bathroom, if you've been to our house you know the downstairs powder room is the size of a coat closet. I have faith that it will all work out some how and we'll all be living together soon.

Russ has made friends at Sharp as you can see from the pic he still finds ways to have fun. This is his across the hall neighbor Steve, Steve's wife decided the boys needed a way to occupy themselves while in bed (they face each other across the hall). The only problem is they need retrievers for the spent ammo. That's where I come in, it's like having a toddler again:) Anything to keep them from whinning. Well I'll let you know what the out come is tomorrow. Keep praying, it's all in his hands.

A Busy two days

Well it's been a really busy couple of days. Russ's first field trip was to see the Urologist back over at the Scripps facility, of course I had to get a picture of him in front of the hospital where he lived for over two weeks. The doctor says the catheter stays in until the first of January then he'll see if the bladder injury is healed, if it is the catheter stays out. Pray for stays out.

On Tuesday it was back up to La Jolla to visit the orthopaedic doctor that is in charge of his wrist. The cast came off, xrays were taken and the doc says everything is healing well. Russ left with a splint and instruction that he can now remove it twice a day and flex his wrist and fingers. He was so happy, Dec. 29 the pins come out and he can get his arm wet. He'll wear a brace for a while and get to start therapy on his arm.

So Tuesday afternoon he had PT and OT and then it was time to party. There was a Holiday party Luau, catered by L and L. Family was invited and Steven was all over the island food, we even got a show Hula dancers. It was fun to spend time with my two men out of a hospital room.

Sunday at Sharp Rehab

We started the day with Vanana yogurt from Trader Joes, and a Orange Cranberry muffin from Panera. Yes, I actually made it up there for breakfast it's not home but at least the food was like home. Than we had Church service via DVD thanks to the great team at Eastlake that sent up the DVDs. It was so good to sit together and hear the messages, it really lifted our spirits. Can't wait until Russ and I can go back to church together. Then it was a little outside time and back in to watch football, it's Sunday after all. Russ got to attend his small group tonight all the guys loaded up and came to him with food and everything, how awesome is that.

Russ called tonight to say this was a great day and to top everything off the wound vac they had on his leg (where he had surgery on Tues.) was removed and his leg and stitches look great. Tomorrow it's up to LaJolla for a doctors visit (another ride in some sort of medical transport) to see how his bladder is healing. Things are moving along, thanks for all your prayers, and visits they mean more then you know.

Back in the groove

Well they got Russ right back to therapy on Wed. and have been working him hard. He's settled into the routine and is doing well all things considered. He's happy that he can have more guests now and grateful to everyone that has taken time out of their crazy holiday schedule to come by and say hi. For anyone visiting make sure you bring in your parking ticket to be validated, it will save you a lot of money. We're looking forward to the weekend when we can spend more time together. Maybe even watch a movie in his room, no hall pass for this guy yet.