DECEMBER 31 BY DICK B.

STILL CAN'T GET HER TO THE COMPUTER. LEG HURTS. CHEERED HER UP WHEN HER NEW WASHER, DRYER AND FRIDGE SHOWED UP. THE OLD ONES AGES ADDED UP WERE OLDER THAN ME. SEARS LOVES US.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

DECEMBER 30 UPDATE BY DICK B

JILL PROMISED TO MAKE AN ENTRY TODAY. MAYBE TOMORROW. SHE WAS WALKING UP A STORM TODAY. 335FT. SHE WAS SORE TODAY FROM THE THERAPY I APPLIED TO HER YESTERDAY. HAVING A LOT OF SPASMS IN HER BROKEN LEG BUT WE HOPE IT IS JUST THE HEALING PROCESS. SHE IS TAKING BIG STEPS WITH HER WEAK LEG. VERY ENCOURAGING.
BLAZERS WON THEIR 13TH IN A ROW TODAY.

DECEMBER 29 UPDATE BY DICK B.

TODAY WAS A LAZY DAY. JILL DID HER EXCERCISES AND WALKED BUT NOTHING EARTHSHATTERING TO REPORT.
PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS DID WIN THEIR 12TH IN A ROW LAST NIGHT. NOW THATS PROGRESS.

DECEMBER 28 UPDATE BY DICK B.

A GOOD DAY FOR JILL.
WENT TO REHAB FACILITY ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME.
CHRISTI ANALYZED AND EXCERCISED JILL FOR 40 MINUTES.
BRENDAN WILL BE HER USUAL THERAPIST AND HE IS AN EXPERT IN MS THERAPY.
JILL WAS TIRED AFTERWARDS.
SHE MADE HER FINAL PICKS FOR THE FOOTBALL POOL WE ARE IN. JILL HAS BEEN IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE LAST 8 WEEKS. QUITE A FEAT CONSIDERING THERE ARE 78 OTHER PLAYERS. SHE ONLY HAS A ONE GAME LEAD AND IS UP AGAINST SOME REAL GOOD PLAYERS BUT I THINK SHE CAN PULL IT OFF. BIG PAYDAY IF SHE WINS, OVER $700.

DECEMBER 27 UPDATE

23RD DAY WITHOUT A CIGARET!
DOING EXCERCISES DAILY.
WALKED 80 FEET TODAY IN HER WALKER.
HER WEAK LEFT LEG IS STRENGTHENING. IT IS TAKING STEPS, NOT JUST DRAGGING BEHIND.
ALTHOUGH STILL PAINFUL HER RIGHT LEG IS SUPPORTING MORE OF HER WEIGHT ALL THE TIME.
WAS ABLE TO GO TO AND RETURN FROM TOILET ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME. (HAS NEEDED ASSISTANCE FOR BALANCE PRIOR).
IS GETTING ORNERY.
OFF PAIN PILLS AS OF TODAY.
CAN DRESS AND UNDRESS UNASSISTED INCLUDING SHOES.
GOES TO FIRST THERAPY SESSION SINCE LEAVING ELKS HOSPITAL.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN BY DICK B.

KABOOM. BONES AND FLESH FALLING TO THE HARDWOOD. 5:09 AM DECEMBER 4, 2007. IN SHORT ORDER WE DETERMINED AN AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY A DAY SPENT WITH DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS AND NURSES AND X RAY GUYS. SHE GOT HER PRIVATE ROOM AND DRUGS AND CATHETER (NOT HAVING TO GET UP TO PEE IS REAL BIG WITH JILL). BY 7:30PM IT WAS OVER. A 55 MINUTE SURGERY TO IMPLANT AN 11 INCH ROD IN HER RIGHT LEG AND A SOME ASSORTED HARDWARE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. THREE TWO INCH INCISIONS ON HER LEG AND SHE IS READY TO DANCE (ALMOST).

HER HOSPITAL STAY WAS UNEVENTFUL. A LITTLE THERAPY, LOTS OF TESTS AND GOOD DRUGS. HER VACATION ENDED ON THE 10TH WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE ELKS REHABILITAION HOSPITAL IN BOISE.

ELKS, TUESDAY. JILL WAS ANALYZED SO HER THERAPY COULD BE PLANNED FOR HER. SHE HAD AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, RECREATIONAL THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, SPEECH THERAPIST, CASE WORKER, SOCIAL WORKER AND PSYCHIATRIST (ABOUT TIME). THIS PLACE WAS A LITTLE LIKE BOOT CAMP. MEALS ON TIME IN THE CAFETERIA, DAY PLANNED FOR THERAPY'S AND RULES. AS YOU ALL KNOW JILL DON'T DO RULES. IT WAS RATHER FUN TO WATCH.

DECEMBER 21 AND AFTER A CONFERENCE WITH HER THERAPISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHIATRIST AND CASE WORKER SHE WAS DISMISSED. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.