UPDATE BY MARGE

[Guest guest]

HI EVERYONE,

I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY. I GOT BACK TO THE POOL AT THE YMCA. IT HAS BEEN FOUR WEEKS, I THINK, SINCE I WAS THERE IN THE WATER. [MY HIP WAS DONE OCT. 22. ]

I HAVE BEEN STAYING HOME BECAUSE I HAD A SMALL WOUND ON MY LEG. BEING A DIABETIC, I HAVE FOUND THOSE THINGS TEND TO GET REAL BAD, REAL QUICK.

ANYWAY, I WAS AMAZED AT THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT I COULD DO, AND HOW EASILY I COULD DO IT!

I LEFT MY WHEELCHAIR BACK AGAINST THE WALL, OUT OF THE WAY OF PASSING PEOPLE, AND EASILY WALKED THE SIX STEPS TO THE LIFT CHAIR. LAST TIME, I HAD TO PUT THE WHEELCHAIR RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIFT AND TRANSFER.

I FOUND MYSELF TAKING THE FIRST STEP OUT OF THE HOT TUB IN A PERFECTLY NORMAL MANNER. I ALMOST HOWLED FOR JOY! I HAVE BEEN HAULING MYSELF UP STEPS WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE RAILING, PULLING FOR ALL I WAS WORTH! I ALSO WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE WHEELCHAIR UP AGAINST THE WALL IN THIS AREA. I HAD BEEN LEAVING IT RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS BY THE RAILING. I KNOW IT WAS IN THE WAY OF OTHERS WHO WANTED TO GET IN OR OUT, BUT THEY WERE SO NICE TO ME AND JUST WALKED AROUND IT WITHOUT COMPLAINING.

THE OTHER THING I DISCOVERED TODAY WAS THAT IT IS EASIER TO DRESS MYSELF NOW THAN IT WAS FOUR WEEKS AGO. SUCH SMALL STEPS AND SUCH LARGE JOY. WE ARE GOING TO BE REAL PEOPLE AGAIN, AREN'T WE?

I AM SO GRATEFUL.

SINCERELY,

MARGE

Bring us back, O God!