Category Archives: Updates

It was a day for Harold and Arla to hang out together.  After 51 years of marriage, nothing is more enjoyable and good for the spirit than spending the day with your spouse.  With very little therapy going on during … Continue reading →

Arla’s rehab will be intense.  Today she was working non-stop, albeit at a slow pace, from 11 to 3.  Normally, she will start earlier than that.  We tell you this to encourage you to be aware of her rehab schedule … Continue reading →

Arla had two sessions of Occupational Therapy and two sessions of Physical Therapy today.  She is willing to work.  And even at this early stage, the work is hard.  So the working and real waiting begins.  She continues to show … Continue reading →

It is official.  Arla is now at the Rehab Hospital, located on the same campus as Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.  After careful consideration by her doctors and therapists and a lot of hard work and progress from Arla, the … Continue reading →

There is a hymn we have heard and sung hundreds of times.  The words are posted below.  Just now, these words began moving in Mary Ann’s head, but the familiar words now have new meaning.  Today, Arla stood for a while with … Continue reading →

Well, Arla is “jumping” ahead quickly.  While we do not know the exact date she will move to rehab, she has improved enough and made enough progress with her therapy to cause her neurology team to recommend intensive inpatient therapy.  … Continue reading →

It was simply one busy day.  Arla did well with physical therapy today.  It is very clear that she is able to follow commands and work toward improvement.  It is also becoming very clear that her number one supporter and … Continue reading →

The changes are minimal these days.  But Arla continues to move forward in her recovery.  Today, she had many meaningful visitors and spent time sitting in a chair.  She may be weak in body, but the joy she shows when … Continue reading →

The agony of this process demands that we have patience, but we must be vigilant as well.  We are now Arla’s advocate, and, though we never applied or trained for this job, we must do it well.  This is a … Continue reading →