Dearest family and friends,
This entry is from Alan. Thanks to Laurie and Andrew for starting and adding to this blog. Many have mentioned that it has been helpful in keeping up-to-date with my recovery from the fall. I am humbled at your kind interest and concern.
To each of you dear readers, please accept my deepest gratitude for your faith and prayers in my behalf. The physical therapist I saw yesterday was amazed at the quick recovery. The range of motion was baffling to him. He said with surprise in his voice, “You’re going to make it just fine”. I think that your efforts in faith have been responsible for the heavenly blessing of my rapid progress.
Last Wednesday the 12th of August, I left the Stonehenge Facility and moved into our Kolob Circle home. Roseann, who has been at my side constantly since the accident and her return from Texas, invited me to convalesce at home where she could be of greater service. I felt that because it is still 2 or 3 weeks until I can bear weight on my left leg that recovery with her help would be wise. Thank you, Roseann, for your loving assistance.
My stay at Stonehenge was a very positive experience. It was exactly what was needed under the circumstances. The staff was highly skilled and caring. I was able to do physical therapy for about 3 hours each day. The food and all of the facilities were excellent. My wonderful insurance paid about 90% of the cost of $450.00 per day.
Now, I am going to “Physical and Sports Therapy”, a great facility just around the corner from our home, owned by Brian Lambert. Brian is a highly experienced and skillful physical therapist and friend. He is the one who expressed his surprise yesterday at how far I had come. I plan three morning visits per week for the near future.
The latest challenge I am facing appears to be a heart problem. Two years ago, I went through a “cardiac ablation” procedure to correct an atrial fibrillation. It was successful and my heart returned to a normal rhythm. My heart had become enlarged and started to return to normal size following the procedure. It was discovered in the emergency room, the day of my accident, that the fibrillation was again present. Perhaps the fall destabilized the heart and caused the arythmia. In any case, the last four attempts at exertion during physical therapy, have caused me to break out in a cold sweat accompanied by nausea and light headedness. I am going to the heart doc today to see if there is a solution. UPDATE( I just returned from the heart doc and he thinks it may be the medication that is making me sick and not the heart, blood pressure etc.)
Love to each of you this day. My dear sister Carma reminded me of the wonderful scripture “Be still and know that I am God”. What perfect guidance this is for me today. I love each of you and know that Heavenly Father and his Son are at the door knocking. They want us to open the door. I am praying that I will know how to do that. I know that when we decide to trust in him, He takes us where we are in our progress and lifts us upward. “What comfort this sweet sentence gives, I know that my Redeemer lives.”
Love, Alan
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