Man About Town

I'm sitting here with Tim at the start of game 6. Schilling looks sharp, but a couple of big sticks have fizzled - Manny and Lowell leaving the bases loaded. Maybe it's time for an unexpected redemption for the poorly performing JD Drew. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it. There it goes! Backbackbackback - it's outta here into dead center, about 380 feet. So, I'd say we're off to a good start.

Tim had quite a good couple of days. Jancy was feeling the need to spend some more time with her brother, so she arranged a sub for Saturday's shift and headed out on the bus. She met Tim and together they went back to the Galleria Cambridge Side. I fear that Tim is becoming a mall rat, but as he says - "it's something to do." He can get around inside the mall and it sure beats hanging around the hospital. After they got back to Spaulding, Uncle John came down and escorted Jancy back to the apartment, where she spent the night alone.

Today, Tim (in his power chair) and Jance took a hike up into Cambridge to visit Sara, a former ninth floor mate who was transferred to a skilled nursing facility, about 2 or 3 miles out Cambridge Street. As you can see, he's becoming more independent and comfortable in Boston. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 70's again, so we'll head somewhere for sure.

Just after we arrived, Tim had a bunch of visitors, all from Monument Class of '06 - Allison, Jess, Emily and Sandy spent some quality time with Tim and Jance while Amy and I went for a walk.

Finally got a chance to catch up with Tim. First some clarification on Thursday's walking episode. The news is better than I had understood. You may recall that Tim had used the walker using only an ankle brace instead of the full length brace on his right leg. The "improved" report is that Tim did not need assistance moving his right leg - he did it all himself. Man, I need to see this one of these days. He thinks that he managed to walk around 100 feet, and at some point he took his hands off the walker and was able to stand unsupported. Things are really starting to heat up here.

Friday's session on the Locomat was significant as they made an adjustment and increased the amount of work that Tim's legs would handle. They are both getting stronger.

Communication from the outside world included a Halloween care package from Katie, Nigel and Art, and I'm happy to say that it included some fresh fruit. Tim was very excited to find a hand thrown pottery from Nigel himself. Also, a nice letter from Butternut boss Judy that included an interesting commentary on the managerial prospects of the New York Yankees.

So here we sit, damning the necessity of 8:30 starts in the playoffs and wondering how long we can last. We'll see.