Day 33, August 3

There's a saying, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."  After today, I believe that statement!

Jake and I are exhausted--it was a very busy day.  Going to bed late last night didn't help any (my fault--had to do laundry) and rising very early to get him to his appointment with his squad leader at 7:30 a.m.  We will be getting up early every morning from now on because Jake has a 7:30 a.m. sign in with his sergeant every day.  Jake was hoping that since he is out of the hospital he could sleep in.  Well, his sergeant reminded him that he is still in the army and that he has to see Jake's face every morning. :(  Jake just moaned at that! 

His sergeant is wonderful.  He wheeled Jake to the various buildings to show him where his appointments will be held in future days.  The campus is huge and by looking at the map of it you would think that everything is 200 miles away from where we are staying!  Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating that a bit. :)  After walking with the sergeant, everything is much closer than we thought.  Thank goodness!!  I sure am getting my exercise walking with this man--he walks extremely fast and I have to run with my short legs just to keep up with him! 

We had many appointments today--most where part of further in-processing.  Other appointments were with his nurse case manager, his social worker, and with his primary care physician.  Appointments started at 7:30 a.m., broke for lunch, and then went to 3:00 p.m. 

Following a day of appointments, we went to do some paper work so that I will be able to go home this weekend to be with Missy for a while.  Jake was such a help and support to me right as we were dealing with the mass of paperwork.  He understands the military terms and helped calm my worries.  We are supporting each other. :)  I worry about him and he worries about me.  He's been making sure that I'm okay, that I'm feeling alright, and that I'm not straining my muscles too much with pushing him up hills. :)

We found out some interesting, and surprising, news when we went to see his primary care physician.  She was reading over the discharge reports from the orthopedic surgeons and noticed that they said that both of Jake's heels were fractured also.  We were really surprised at this because this is the first we heard of it.  We wondered why they didn't perform surgery or something else with his heals if they had been fractured?  The physician said that they usually don't do much with the heels if the fractures are small.  Jake mentioned to her that his ankles and feet were tender when they were touched and was told that he probably sprained them really bad.  Jake and I just looked at each other totally confused by the news.  She noticed our confusion and told us that when Jake goes for his follow-up appointment with the surgeon to ask him about his andles because there may have been a mistake with the discharge report. 

Jake has been doing amazingly well being in his wheelchair for most of the day.  His pain level is only at a 2 and hasn't had to take many of the instant relief pain meds.  This is good news!  Each day he gets stronger and is able to move his legs more. 

We are going to go to bed earlier tonight, rise early tomorrow morning, get healthier and hopefully wiser!  As for the wealthy part, I think we have already achieved that.  I'm not talking about material wealth.  I mean we are wealthy with the many blessings the Lord has given us.  We recognize His hands daily in our lives, and especially right now, in Jake's life.