Hey its Cortney again. Yesterday Holly and I took the kids to the fountains to play (it is a city park with fountains of water the kids run through). She was worn out when we had the kids loaded and were pulling out of the driveway. She sat on a chair in the shade and watched the kids play in the water. She got her second wind and did well, we were there for about an hour and a half. When we got home she was pale and I told her to go to bed, she did and slept for three hours. Being gone from home for two hours and driving across town was a big event and took all of her energy. Yesterday evening our neighbor Mark was going to mow our lawn again but Holly wanted me to mow and she wanted to be outside and trim a few flowers. She ended up sitting and watching me but it was progress in getting our lives back to normal to mow our own lawn.

Today I had a meeting for work and Holly had to drive Sydney to gymnastics. This was the first time she has drove and she said it was overwhelming, it was amazing how much concentration it took her to drive and how tiring that was for her. She said she was white knuckled on the steering wheel and was very nervous. I got home at 3pm and she had just returned, she had had a shower, was dressed pretty, and had makeup on. She soon lost the good clothes and was again in comfies and rested.

She finished three days of antibiotics for the UTI this morning, I think we will call tomorrow and get three more days because she still has a back ache. She says it is better but not totally gone yet.

All of this is progress, little steps towards recovery. Not as far as we thought we would be at six weeks post-op, but we will take the progress.