Hello,
I want to address some of your
concerns about how things are now. They are much better. Leroy has been
diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis. The steroid dose has been lowered twice
and with that he feels better. He still gets a bit anxious from time to time
and does not handle stress or frustration well. His short term memory is not so
good, but it seems to be coming back. He can only take a short walk before he
has to go home. Because of balance he is only riding the tricycle and with me. There
is a single person tricycle available, but he is concerned that he might get
too tired to get back home and it would be quite the struggle for me to do that
from my own bike. So we ride the two seat bike. It has worked well. He can
coast if he needs to rest.
On a side note, we had that derecho on
August 10 four weeks ago. This morning on the weather, it was predicted that we
could have some strong winds today of 40 mph or above. I could feel a little
panic run through me, wondering what I should do. This is not winds over 100
mph, but we have many dead branches up in trees. What if they were blown out? There
are still many things on the ground that could be blown around. It just does
not feel safe. I suppose this is a very minor PTSD reaction. It was raining in
the night and I also felt nervous then, even though it not such a strong wind
with it.
Leroy is good more of the time even if
not as peppy as he once was. Sometimes he is so chatty. I wonder is that the
medicine effect?
Paula
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