Breath In, Breath Out

On Friday, Tina went to Kingston to have the pulmonary test done.  This was to get the baseline for Tina's breathing. 

Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) is the primary test used to evaluate the breathing of ALS patients. It measures how quickly you can expel air from your lungs. ​The Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (MIP) test measures the strength of your inhale through your mouth. - from:  ALS CANADA

Tina's nose was plugged in order to see how her breathing was through the mouth from her lungs.

The results will need to be reviewed and then Tina will be sent to another specialist to monitor her breathing.  The unofficial report is that Tina's breathing is very good!

On the way home from Kingston they had another little passenger.  Emma is going to spend March break with great Aunt Tina to try and help ....or at least help to eat the food.

Tina was able to pick up her new reading glasses this week and she was approved for her disability tax credit and disability payments.

Breath in, breath out.  We do this automatically and don't give it too much thought until you have a health scare.  There are times that Carol and I need to do some breathing in and out as we walk this journey with Tina.  This week, Carol needed to do some therapy.

And I needed to pound some dough....

But after breathing in and out, pounding on some dough and doing some therapeutic shopping....we are left STEELE standing!

Tina was asking about some stats on the blog.  We have 5 actual followers and a lot of silent readers.  

Thank you to everyone who is following along in Tina's journey.  We appreciate all those that are STEELE standing with us.  It's interesting to see two readers from the United States and one from Poland.  ALS is bigger than our little family.  It touches many people's lives.  We want a cure!

STEELE standing....still praying!