Home At Last

Tuesday night Jackie slept in his bed for the first time in nine months and two days. PTL He ate dinner at the kitchen table and watched TV from a recliner. Jovie, our golden retriever, would not leave his side. Now he starts yet another leg of his journey to recovery. After taking a few days off, he is going to start therapy at a day rehab. It is uncertain at this point how long those sessions will last. After day rehab he will move to an outpatient therapy program, confirming the fact that Jackie’s recovery is a marathon not a sprint.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, I wanted to share our thanks to so many of you. For all of Jackie’s caregivers, for everyone who has said even a single prayer, for those who have sent positive thoughts our way, to all who have donated or ran fund-raising events, we thank you. To all who have sent cards especially those of you who send many cards we thank you. To our family and friends who have gone above and beyond in absolutely every way possible, we are humbled by your love and support.

Our lives have changed forever and at the same time have been touched by so many. We have met and made some wonderful new friends and we feel incredibly blessed today. Jackie made it to his Grandparents house for a short visit today. I cannot express how wonderful it was for Jackie to be part of a normal family gathering. PTL We are transitioning well to caring for Jackie at home. Magee did a terrific job of preparing us. There was not one thing that they missed. We will miss all of our friends there.

I won’t lie, caring for Jackie at home is demanding but we are so thrilled to be here it doesn’t matter. As with everything, we will get settled into a new routine and things will run like clockwork.

I hope you all were blessed with days full of family fun and friendship. Now that we are home, I plan to continue posting updates but I may just post one or two a week and I’ll try to post on the same days each week.

Thanks again for following Jackie on his journey. His progress has been fueled by all of you and for that we are extremely grateful.

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
~Oprah Winfrey