Good Evening Everyone
Today, March 29th, has truly been a notable day. For the first time since mid November, Andrea was able to get in our car and leave U of A hospital property and spend several hours away. Yesterday she asked her doctor whether she would be allowed to go to RMH for a few hours. he said sure if her parents were not afraid, and since we are VAD trained to handle battery changes etc, we could leave. Repeatedly he has reassured her that the only reason she is still in hospital is because of weakness. At 4:30 we got her into the wheelchair went out the pedway to the car, got her in and went for a drive. We went down Whitemud Freeway east to see the huge pile of snow that has been hauled off the city streets, located east of 17th street, turned around and came back to RMH, a 3/4 hour ride. Then we went into parking underground at RMH, got her into a wheelchair and went up to our room. Volunteer ladies from Atco Electric had prepared a Chinese supper for all the residents, so we went down after abit, had supper and returned to her room at the hospital. She was positively glowing, so happy and pleased to finally get out of there, even if only for a few hours. Now there is light at the end of the tunnel and it is not an oncoming train, it is a huge incentive to her to put more effort into rehabilitation. As time goes on and the Lord willing, we will take her out more and more to reintegrate her back into the real world. She is still not eating much more than a few bites, not enough to remove the feeding tube, but if she can eat her mother's cooking again I think she will eat again. It seems like she has caught a real bad cold, but it seems to have progressed to a running nose, throat not quite so sore. Tomorrow is dialysis again, hope it can be done early so she has the rest of the day to do other things. Today's excursion was not only tiring for her but for her parents as well, so Goodnight.
Regards, Maynard
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