I am finally back up and going. We got up at the normal 7 AM and waited to go to the airport. At noon Illinois time we left for the airport. The Japanese patient taking my room passed us in the parking lot. The car was on time but the ambulance for my chair had a cot in it. They sent for another one while we went to the airport. I sat in the car for over an hour until my wheel chair arrived. It took 3 ambulances to get it right. 2 of the doctors and a nurse supervisor took us to the airport and took care of our airport tax and luggage. They did all they could do to get us off safely. Security took my 2 diet cokes and Linda V8 juice that had come over from America. We met the United Captain in security. He walked us to our gate and lined up everything we needed. He also checked on me twice in flight and after. 13 hours just as scheduled. I watched 5 movies as I could not nap.

Chicago was a zoo. Thank God for a service rep who got us through everything and to where we needed to be. The American Eagle 50 min flight became over 5 hours late due to weather. Most was spent in the plane waiting to take off. The seats were hard and the skin on my rear end has started to break down. In all the trip took over 26 hours. Add a major head cold to complete exhaustion and I slept through Friday, sat up once briefly Saturday, sat up about 5 hours Sunday and am now back at it.

It has been three weeks since the surgery. My hands remain looser with the right hand finger movement in the outer three fingers being better, my left pec muscle can now be flexed, my rib muscles used in breathing are working again, I can urinate fully at will for the last 2 weeks and my leg muscles are stronger. Not bad for 3 weeks.

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