04-21-05  12:36, Ardith Hinton told James Bradley about -Plegias  2B.

 How do, Ardith?

 JB>  Rattling cages I know about. 
 AH> I figured you would....  :-))
 
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 AH> Yes, that's the spirit!  You have potentially many years of
 AH> useful  life left... and so has Nora.  What is appropriate for 
 AH> others may not be appropriate for either of you, but even 
 AH> the professionals seem to get into a rut sometimes. Nora 

I guess that's to be expected. I was thinking just yesterday how
differently one person can recover from an injury than another. But, how to
standardize the injury would be the chore. 

 AH> had an OT in rehab, for example, who thought we should buy
 AH> a lift-equipped van as a lot of other families had.  But 
 AH> their kids were in some degree of coma resulting from motor 
 AH> vehicle accidents... meaning they couldn't co-operate with 
 AH> transfers... and money was no object because the families 
 AH> handed the bills over to their lawyers.  The OT apparently 
 AH> assumed that was the way things were done, and failed to 
 AH> take the circumstances into account.  She thought I was 
 AH> nuts when I suggested Nora might be able to walk around a 
 AH> bit too.  But within three days of our homecoming Nora was 
 AH> walking from the living room to her bedroom....  :-)
 
 Next time Nora's in a struggle, you can tell her your
e-mail buddy's *been there*. I've been rigging my surroundings for *years*
to challenge my abilities. We can't compare apples and oranges, but let her
know her struggles are paralleled, even in some small way.
 
 JB>  spring here. I am eager to get out in the weather a
 JB>  bit, even if I don't get much done.

 AH> Understood....  :-)
 
And how I wanted to get in the garden today! Yesterdays' outing however,
caught up to me.  When will I learn to pace
myself?
 
 AH> Thankyou.  We're also busy with other matters at
 AH> present.  But, as Nora says, "I still have some stories in 
 AH> me" & I certainly won't forget you....  ;-)

Onward! <-;

Reply to that backlog at your leisure, but realize we don't have to fix the
world over ASCII.  I know the world would be a better place if
only we could convert a larger portion over to Fido, but what can two
people do about that? P-:&



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