Answering Burgermeister's question about my wife's recovery update.
Cathy was able to slowly return to work. As you know, she is the VP of accounting for First Bank and like most banks, the economy has hit them hard so I want to give props to them for holding her position and paying for medical treatments insurance had denied in order to provide her with the best care possible. This was in a time when it would have been easy to cut her position since they had to lay off 6% of the staff. If you live near a branch-please do business with them, they are as nice as the family here.
Back to Cat! In December she started back to work with quite a welcome back ceremony being thrown for her....She was VERY humbled by it all. She began at around 15-20 per week without letting the branches know of her return so she could get back into the swing of things and was not sure of any memory loss yet. Her job is VERY mentally demanding and she was exhausted after even the short days. She was still unsteady walking and if she turned her head she would become very unbalanced. She walked the halls often turning her head to re-learn her balance which really has paid off.
I was driving her everywhere because of the dizziness and I am happy to report that with her hard work on rehab, She began driving again this last week. The fact that I replaced her car learning the new feel, bells, and whistles, was more difficult for her than the driving itself.
She is now up to a 35 hour work week and is feeling pretty comfortable again in her job AND in walking, driving, etc.
I would say she is at about 95% of a full recovery---Plus she hasn't touched a cigarette since first being diagnosed. Wish I could say the same thing but she doesn't complain about my smoking.
I again want to thank everyone that said a prayer for us and kept us in your thoughts. I have no doubt all the positive energy played a huge role in her recovery. I KNOW it kept my sanity!
I also want to thank everyone that sent cards, letters and offer to help. They meant so much to us!
I hope that Bob, Otto, and the rest of the Pond Boss staff don't mind me saying a special thank you for giving me the honor of attending the Pond Boss Conference as their Outdoor Activity Director for the Conference. I will arrive at Big Cedar early Wednesday and Cathy and our girls will drive down Friday evening. We will be heading back to St.Louis sunday afternoon.
We look forward to meeting and thanking everyone more than you can imagine.
This Forum is truly a special place with VERY special people!
