Today being Sunday, there is no physical therapy at the rehab center where’re I’m staying.  Beth came and got me about an hour ago, and I’ll be home for a few hours this afternoon.

I really don’t want to go into detail about what has been happening to me very much right now.  I think it’s going to take me a while to figure out what it all means.  I’m taking physical therapy twice a day, and I’m making progress.   I don’t know when I’ll be discharged, but I suspect it won’t be more than about a week. 

I appreciate all the prayers and good wishes people have sent me, and I hope to get back as a regular blogger in the very near future.

ED

Some of you who read this more or less regularly have probably wondered why I haven’t been posting. The simple reason is I had an accident and have been in the hospital–and now in rehab–since December 29th.  I missed a step on our stairs at home, and I went down.  It was the fifth step from the bottom, but it was still enough to cause several fractured ribs, a broken shoulder, and a broken collar bone.  I didn’t need surgery, thank God, but I’m slowing learning how to use all my parts again.  I can walk with support, and I can scoot around in a wheelchair pretty efficiently.  I’m home right now on an afternoon furlough, but I suspect to be in rehab for about three more weeks.

My wife has been the perfect helpmate and companion, and she continues to be.  Our daughters have been models of solicitude, and my friends have been devoted and more than kind.  I certainly don’t recommend what happened to me, but it could have been a lot worse. 

I don’t have access to a computer at the rehab center, as far as I know, but I’ll post as often as I can in the days and weeks ahead.

I covet your pryers, and I thank everyone who has offered good wishes.

ED