She's a Motorin'

August started off with Tina not feeling well and ended up in Hospital requiring IV fluids twice.  Both times in Napanee on Wednesday and Thursday.  The nurse was not happy that she was not admitted and we ended up in KGH on Saturday.  After 3 1/2 hr wait in emergency she got a bed and meds.  She would be admitted and test showed she had a virus.  More meds and IV and released the following Friday doing wonderfully better.  On Wednesday last week she got her replacement lift chair and her lift.

Today she had her power wheelchair delivered.  After a test ride I had to do some adjustments to make it more comfortable for her to use and that took about 2 hours to disassemble and reassemble and no spare parts.

Homecare has been the norm no calls and no show Sat. Sun & Tues this week so far.

On Monday, respite was there for the day.  Tuesday, Judy came and spent her regular day with Tina. They took the chair out for a test drive.

Picture by Emma

Lynne M. stopped in for a visit.  Pastor Burt also dropped in to say hi.

Today, we got a video chat from Jenn who was spending the day with Tina.  Tina hardly would stop to say hello.  She was buzzing along in her electric chair and even doing circles in the road.  She looked pretty happy moving on her own.  Emma was running along beside and at one time sitting on Tina's lap.  Jenn finally gave up trying to video because Tina was getting too far ahead of her.  It was nice seeing Tina move on her own, giving her some independence.

We are glad that Tina finally got her wheels.  She's leaving people in the dust and doing donuts.  She had to take a driving test to handle the chair and she passed and now she is flying down the roads of Napanee.

You go, girl!  Do the donuts and the speeding.  Watch the curbs and don't do any wheelies!  You don't want to lose your license.  We loved seeing the smile and the sense of freedom in your eyes.

We are STEELE Standing and Tina is now wheeling.  Thanks for continuing to pray and visit and sending us your comments.

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Thanks for all the birthday wishes to Dad!  I'll make sure and share them all with him.

Carol has been enjoying some time with Dustin.

We've been celebrating birthdays at our house.  Sarah turned 13 on the 6th and Ron turned 59 on the 12th.  One is a teenager and one has one more year to retirement.

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