Making A List and Checking It Over and Over !

September 8, 2013 Day 135

 Scotty seems to be holding his own right now. He has started to have a little more back pain but seems to be handling it with his medication. Today his voice is very froggy and the laryngitis is back.  His ankles and legs are little swollen but he continues to go up and down the stairs without much trouble. Sleeping at night has become a problem and hopefully that will pass real soon. He continues to clean and do some laundry for Deborah but she had to remind him the other day you have to wash the clothes before you put them in the dryer ! We had a good laugh with that.  He has tried to trim some shrubbery (which he wasn't suppose to do) and Deborah describes them as the cone head shrubs ! He also seems to be determined to make this real long hose for Deborah to water her flowers with and  that has been a two week ordeal ! Deborah calls him Mr. Hosepipe.
 Scotty has made a list of things he wants to accomplish these next few weeks. Poor Deborah ! She is trying to keep up with him and his wishes. They were able to get some much needed repairs to the outside of their house and he is already getting together some information for the next project. :). On Saturday, Scotty and Deborah  had a visit from his Aunt and Uncle from Tarboro, N.C. He had not seen them in 10 years and they were a very cute couple in their 80's. Kristin and I went by and met them and Scotty was so tickled to see them. Today he had visitors from his company out of Columbia and has another group coming from Spartanburg on the 21st to see him. He really enjoys the visits because one of the things he misses the most is seeing his co-workers on a day to day basis. The laughter they bring telling stories about Scotty is a good dose of medicine for all of us ! Scotty is a people person and his days before the "C" disease were filled with traveling from offices to offices in his district communicating with people.

Noah is settling in at Rawlinson Road and is enjoying his teachers. He has a new shadow and they seem to be working very well together. I cannot say enough good things about the team of teachers he has as well as his lead teacher ! The compassion and understanding they have for Noah and his special needs are phenomenal. We all know he can require some extra effort at times and we all just apprciate their willingness to try.

Deborah has a classroom full of 24 first graders. She continues to work to keep things as normal as possible while she can. We know there will come a time when she will need to be out but for now it is a blessing she can continue to teach.

Please continue to keep all of us in your prayers as we continue to travel through this journey!