Healing
Like Normal
My mom’s health has been improving little by little over the past year. She has been committed to her exercise classes, playing the piano, taking long walks, and riding her exercise bike. She even does the Wii on occasion. She gets out with others, does more around the house, and sings in church. She has […]
Back to Class
My mom has had a long 2-week break from here Parkinson’s exercise class. During that time, she did exercises at home just about every day including the exercise bike and the Wii. Today was the first day back to the class and my mom was wondering how difficult it would be for her. We usually […]
A Day’s Difference
For the last couple of days, my dad has been having problems with his foot and in a lot of pain. We got him to the doctor yesterday who gave him a super heavy duty anti-inflammatory pain reliever. He took the pill in the evening when we returned. Our neighbors invited us over for dinner […]
Continued Appreciation
Today my parents and I continued noticing and appreciating the marked improvement in my mom’s physical health in the last year. On our way to her exercise class, she was doing her voice exercises and actually flipped into her singing voice. She was able to do it several times. That hasn’t happened in years. Then […]
Walking Strong
We spent some time at the cabin today enjoying the beautiful weather. As usual, my mom and I went for a walk in the afternoon. The driveway and road are all gravel and it is difficult to use her walker, so my mom takes her cane instead. She hangs onto my arm especially up and […]
Young Hero
My mom and I went to the monthly Parkinson’s Support group this morning and sat with some people we had not met before. That is part of the beauty of the group. While the people experience the same disease, it plays out a little differently in each. It is interesting and enjoyable talking to, learning […]
Successful Surgery
A woman I know fell and broke her arm a few weeks ago. The doctors decided that her whole shoulder needed to be replaced. She had been on my mind and in my prayers. I found out today that she had the surgery and it went better than expected. That was very good news. I […]
Still Walking
Due to her physical ailments, I think my mom has come to the grocery store with me maybe once or twice since I moved here 3 years ago. I had to make a grocery store run today and she decided to come along and help. So off we went. We split up the list and […]
Experimental Procedure
My mom and I went to the Parkinson’s support group this morning. The speaker was a member of the group who had an experimental procedure done last year. He had a series of 1024 beams of ultrasound focused to a specific spot in his brain. When all the beams come together at one spot, they […]
Another Illness Kicked
A few weeks back, my mom started having problems with her stomach. Unfortunately, she is prone to diverticulitis, and after a couple days of issues, the infection reared it’s ugly head – again. She took 10 days of antibiotics, but the problem persisted. The doctor ordered another round and was concerned that additional treatment may […]
