An update on Wade

Life goes on! Maybe not “as normal,” but life does go on. I wanted to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, visits, calls, emails, care packages, and everything else that has blessed us so much. We love you and have truly felt your love for us over the last couple of weeks. So, thank you very much.

With the crutches I have found that there is not much that I can’t do – as long as I do it slowly! With the laptop and wireless internet, my office has now become the bedroom. I am able to get the computer work done without a problem, so that is a blessing. I have also spent time in the past with a Korean man who wants to improve his English skills, and as he is now studying for his English fluency test, he wanted to meet 5 days a week. That fits in perfectly with my open schedule, so he comes over every afternoon and we spend some time chatting. He has many interesting questions (from watching too many movies!) so we have a good time together.

Dara has been a huge blessing, bringing me my carrot juice in bed every morning and taking care of all my needs. This morning (Thursday) she headed back to Texas, where she had left the kids and the car to make the trip home to take care of me. She will finish up her trip with some time in Arkansas seeing her cousins, before driving home with the kids next week. In the meantime, my Mom and sister continue to check in on me to make sure that all is going well.

This coming Monday the stitches come out. In two more days I will be off of two of the medications I have been taking. The swelling in my leg has gone down some, but there is still quite a ways to go there. I have been able to go for some walks and do some of the exercises that I had been doing before the accident, so all in all I feel that things are going well.

I will stop here, as we hope to get out a full newsletter the end of July.

Thanks for the prayers! Love to you all,
Wade

PS - Those fancy stockings are called "ted hose" and they are used to compress my legs and push the blood up and out of my legs, in the hopes that I don't get any blood clots and that the swelling will go down. Laugh if you will, but I just got the hospital bill and learned that they are high class - they cost $93.75!!! (Gasp!)