The last while at home and the nice long holiday weekend has
done a world of good for Amanda and all of us. Physically and mentally she has
improved so much, frankly it’s astounding. To consider where she was just a few
weeks ago, I wouldn’t have imagined we’d be taking walks, going shopping, eating
out, or any number of things. Last weekend we even managed a short trip to the
lake. We hadn’t been there since last year. I didn’t think it likely that we’d
make it out at all this summer, but there she was out in the pontoon on our
lake in Wisconsin, bald head glistening in the sun. She’s of course easily
tuckered out, and so there’s usually a long nap that follows any major activity
(and some minor one’s too). Once in a while, if we’re not paying attention,
life even feels back to normal for a moment.
I sure hope this has been a good representation of what her
next, and hopefully last, round of recovery will be like. More and more moments
of normalcy, until they become so frequent that life is normal once again.
Ahhh, that will be the day. She’ll always have some residual issues that trace
back to this, but yes indeed, normalcy is our ultimate goal.
In the meantime, we’re just trying to soak up all of the
good that we can together, with the looming knowledge that before we can reach
our big goal the other boot has to drop first.
But we’re hangin’ in there,
-Zach
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