Thursday, May 26, 2022

 Thursday, May 26, 2022   

 

   For the first time this year, we had a promise, or threat, of a hot, humid day. Sidney asked to walk with me. I usually walked to the end of Nehiwa Street and back again. Sidney didn’t want to do that. I wound up walking around the block. I had only done that one other time this year. I was always concerned my leg wouldn’t go the distance. We ran into my neighbor David, who lives on the street below me. He wanted to meet the young man with me. As we continued on our journey, David walked ahead of us. We caught up to him because he stopped to talk to two men. When we caught up, he introduced me to Chris and Frances. My leg held up the whole way.

   Jazzy was going to provide Sidney with a box of toys. Then she went to Ohau to get a feeding tube inserted into her three-year-old disabled son. She was supposed to return the next day but stayed till Saturday.  

     She had a nightmare experience on her way over. I know she caught an early flight because I saw Luke’s wheelchair in the truck on my early morning walk. I learned from Judy that the handicapped van wasn’t there when she arrived at the pickup site. This was a problem because the surgery was scheduled for the morning. She didn’t take a cab because they were sedans and couldn’t accommodate Luke’s wheelchair. Three hours later, her ride arrived. It wasn’t the handicap van; it was a sedan. The wheelchair wouldn’t fit into the trunk of the car. They managed to get it into the back seat. Instead of Luke having a safe ride in his wheelchair in the handicapped van, he rode in Jazzy’s lap to the hospital.     

      My friend Jean was visiting her daughter and grandkids on the island. She said her daughter would be happy to put together a box of toys for Sidney. Since we had nothing from Jazzy, I texted Kelly to say we were glad to accept her offer. She said to come by after 9 am. Sidney went with me. Jean was the only one home. There was a box of toys on the front lanai. Jean loaded them into the car and secured Sidney back into his car seat. Sidney, who loves to talk and can do it nonstop, was silent on the trip there and back.   

     Shivani, Sidney, and I went to the fishpond beach, a National Park. I didn’t even bother putting on a bathing suit. I want to go out with someone else when I test the noodle and the ankle weights before going out alone. I didn’t want my legs floating away on their own and being out of control without help to right myself.   

      The results from my hip X-ray were posted on the KP site. While Dr. Reed had requested a comparison with the previous X-ray, the report only showed the results for this X-ray. I’d love to know if the stem cell transplant made any difference. The surgeon said there would be no difference. I guessed that even if there were, the difference would be slight. A full complement of cartilage is only 3 cm.