Where do I begin!

This has been an exciting day.  I'll start in the AM. 

Up at 7:00am business as usual not much to report.

Physical Therapist (Stephanie) came at about 10:00 and then it began.  I usually go do something while Nancy has company or the therapists or nurse are here.  This morning I didn't have that much planned because Nancy had a doctor's appointment at 12:45.  So I went out to sit on the back porch.  I was only out there about 10 minutes when Nancy called me to come in.  She was sitting on the bed.  The exciting part about that was she had gotten there herself.  That's right she did the transfer with no assistance from Stephanie.  She then showed me how she did it and got back in the chair by herself.  Stephanie and I then went out in the kitchen to see if we could arrange things to try and get Nancy to stand.  While we were there Nancy called us to come back to the living room.  When we got there Nancy was almost standing.  We took her into the kitchen and she stood at the kitchen sink for about 5 minutes without any support from Stephanie or me.  She sat down, not flopped but sat, and rested for a couple of minutes.  Then stood again for 2 minutes.  Stephanie left and Nancy got herself onto the bed to rest a while before going to the doctor.  She got herself back in the chair and we went to the doctor.

Doctor's office.  After filling out all the paperwork we were called back.  I went along to help with any transfer if needed.  Not needed though.  The exam table was adjustable so it was low and Nancy got herself onto the table.  I left so they could do the test.  After about 10 minutes the nurse came a got me.  They needed my help to transfer Nancy from the table onto a commode.  Do do this Nancy had to stand and pivot and inch her way closer to the commode while standing.  She did it all with no trouble.  When the test was done they called me back to help get her back on the table.  Again stand, pivot and inch her way closer to the table.  Again, no trouble.  Even with all that had happened the best thing today was the test showed that there was nothing wrong with her bladder and they left the catheter out.

So to summarize she is transferring herself, she is standing without trouble and she no longer has a catheter.  What a glorious day and we thank God for all of it.

Please continue to pray for her and thanks for your continuing prayers and support.