Posting from home

Ahhh... How nice it is to use my own computer again.

We're at the house obviously. It's interesting what is different than you expect. First, I thought we would come into the house through the front door (via the deck) because the deck has two reasonably-sized steps and the back door has a single unreasonably tall step. That was wrong. Since it was raining, the deck was slicker than I was comfortable with. So I backed the car into the garage and we braved the back door. It was OK, but it used skills that we just barely had. Just yesterday we did navigating a curb with the walker.

It is clear to me that the walker is going to be more important at home, where we don't have a cornucopia of grab bars.

One good point: Linda can get her wheelchair into every room of the house except the bathrooms. We knew the bathrooms were off limits already, but it wasn't clear that she'd be able to get into some of the other rooms like Ellie's room our bedroom. Since she can, we won't have to rearrange the house.

The bathrooms are hard. She has to walk sideways and backwards using her walker. We practiced sideways for the first time (in the walker) yesterday, and just made up the backward thing when we realized we needed it. We also practiced with a commode, since walking isn't required. It's still kind of hard because of the carpet. So far, this is what causes me the most concern. There's only so much effort you can require for going to the bathroom.

Other than that, it's gone pretty well. I think we're going to go out and eat now. Maybe you'll see us.