A Weekend Pass...

Mike has made so much improvements this past week he was able to earn a "Weekend Pass" to come home for one night and trial of home life. We arrived home around 1:00pm on Saturday 6/30 and it was good to be home. Mike had requested home cooked meals only and I happily agreed. He asked for B-B-Q Pork chops last night and will be getting a Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes tonight. We also managed to make a double batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies. There won't be anything "Lite" around here for awhile, Mike has a long way to go to get all his weight back on.

Saturday night was a quiet night spending it with family that dropped in. My mom and dad stopped in for a visit and installed a few grab rails (with the help of Roger), one by the front door and another in the master bath. Mikes parents are currently back in Sacramento so they were back and forth all day. And then my brother Steve and his wife Jennifer stopped by with their little one Reed. Mike enjoyed seeing the baby. Probably because we both miss the kids so much.

It was rather empty without the all the children home. We were able though to have Mikey here. He is up here early so he could pack and get ready to leave for Scout Camp on Monday (7/2) morning. All of the other children will be home on Wednesday the 4th. We can't wait to have them home. It's been really hard to not have them around.

Mike's doing really good. Our weekend pass is only good thru tonight 7/1 and we will have to be back in Vallejo by 8pm. We have really enjoyed the time away from the hospital and the time to be home. He especially enjoyed sleeping in his own bed. Mike should only have to be at the Rehab center thru the rest of the week. He's able to walk now without the aid of any devises, walker/wheelchairs. His face still has the paralysis but he's dealing with it. As soon as he is discharged he will then be able to continue his eye care with his doctor's in Sacramento. He will need to have surgery on his right eye to have a gold weight placed in the upper lid to allow it to close all the way. He still can't close it due to the paralysis. At times it really bothers him.

We were able to attend church this morning and it was a awesome homecoming. We had a lot of hugs and a lot of tears of joy to see Mike. We had only told a few people we were coming so it was a surprise to many. It's been 7 weeks since we've been to church due to the hospitalization. Mike and I have never gone longer than a 2 weeks without attending church. It was the only request of things to do while we were home this weekend. It was really nice to be back.