Hospital Strategy

Holly Hutton, the doctor at Casey hopital whom I met two days ago, rang this morning and said that at the meeting yesterday she was nominated as 'the appointed person' at the hospital to discuss with me, 'the appointed person' in Lyle's family, the hospital's management strategy for Lyle. She said it had been decided to put him on a three week rehab program during which time they would concentrate on his walking, and at the end of the three weeks an assessement would be made as to whether he could go home or whether he would need placement. So we are still in a state of suspense, a long protracted agony, in particular for Lyle. He's hanging in there.

We all did it hard in yesterday's heat. I picked the beech, Gord carted, the girls bunched and Jod picked some pitto, and viburnum and rowan berries. There was also a little early clethra , hydrangeas and artichoke flowers. It was an impressive load that Elissa who drives for the wholesaler, picked up shortly after 5.00pm. I told Elissa when she started recently that her name reminds me of the musical 'Paint Your Wagon' in which Clint Eastwood sang a solo 'I Still See Elissa' and she said she'd not seen the movie but her parents got the name from it.
I'm sore/stiff in the feet, legs, hips, back, shoulders, forearms and fingers from my climbing yesterday. And it's hot again. Good thing I don't have much on today, and can have a bit of a rest.