Spring is a coming in!

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring and daffodils are opening to drink in the light rainfall. Although he is not yet springing around, David is regaining some walking power and strength this week.

Accomplishments in the last 24 hours include eating some of those little Hunt's puddings by mouth (Dave is still on the stomach tube for the canned formula, however). I think we will stir up some Cerelyte ORS for him to sip during the day. And he is getting a few visitors as well as therapists. Paul and the kids came for supper on Tuesday when Gwendolyn was at Symphony practice for a concert on Saturday. Gabriel and Miriam didn't seem too worried about David's appearance sitting up in the TV study room with his stomach tube hooked up to his supper. This morning he practiced getting down the stairs with the Physiotherapist to use the walker down there on our ground floor. If it hadn't been raining, she said they would have practiced getting outside and sitting in the sun. Enshallah, we will go outside this weekend to inspect our blooming bulb flowers and bushes.

Right now it is still chilly enough for that gift Vermont Sweatshirt to feel good on him. Last night David watched a crazy basketball movie on cable TV with a good friend while Lydia and I went to Weds night chorale practice. “Bridge over Troubled Water” takes on a new meaning for us at this time. Today a couple from our church stopped by to discuss their summer drive across the USA to the West Coast where David and I were raised; so that was fun.

David has been tuning into several telephone conferences regarding the vaccine trials this week but can’t speak too clearly yet. Too many visitors would still be exhausting, I’m afraid. We do appreciate your cards and e-mails, although I probably am depending on this blog to respond to your prayerful concerns. One DC colleague has been regularly sending Bangladesh postcards with hilarious little ditties written on them – we have all 8 in plain view of David’s perch near his computer in the “recovery room.”

Next Tuesday we go back to the GBMC/Hopkins doctors and speech therapist for appointments so I’ll do the next posting then.