Thursday, August 16th – Day +87
Hi Everyone,
I tried to call Mike this morning but he didn’t answer and then I tried again about 1:15 and he was just heading back to PT. I told him that all of us totally understand if we call him and he cannot talk for one reason or another. Noone is offended and thinks anymore of it. Mike gets worried and then feels bad if he doesn’t have time to talk or is just too tired to talk. I told him to let it go and not to worry. Everyone knows this is a stressful time both physically and mentally!
But, he called me this evening and sounded so much better. He talked to the BMT doc this morning for a long time and they talked about everything. He got many questions answered and was reassured that everyone is working to help him not trying to make him feel bad about anything. Anyway, he also explained how all the meds Mike is on can really make things harder for him. i know Mike was feeling much better and he did great this afternoon in PT and OT.
It was good to hear him talking about how he is doing and also asking about others. It is so hard to turn the focus off ourselves when going through something difficult so I was very pleased to talk with Mike about other people in his life. Hopefully he will continue to get stronger and feel much better too.
Thanks for all your prayers. I feel much better tonight than I did last night.
Sally and I take Mom to the spine doc tomorrow. I’ll let you know what he says!
love, Ann