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It has been a little over two weeks since Linda came to tarantula. She is adjusting to living in a house again but she has to learn to drive the chair without hitting walls and doors. We’ve touched up a few spots so far but she is doing well. Linda has had a chance to meet her two new family doctors as one came on a house call and the other met her at the hospital Thursday when she spent a good portion of the day in Sandy’s emergency department as a result of some serious dizziness and vomiting. After a couple doses of antiviral she is doing a lot better. On Wednesday she went on her first shopping trip to KMart. On Friday she had her first trip to see the spinal doctor at Bryn Mawr Rehab. We did not learn too much more than we already knew about her situation and there has been no set time that she will start in the day program. Currently she is getting some rehab in home but that will stop when she starts out patient rehab. We are learning something new each day and are looking at every resource we can to find aid for Linda and money to make changes in her environment and the house that will help her do for herself. Her right eye is opening more often and wider than before but her facial droop has not changed much. Her side pain is a little less than before and that means the medicine is probably working for that. She is always cold however and there is a limit to how high we can turn up the heat. In time her metabolism should get back to normal and she will start feeling warm again. On sunny days she sits in the windows for hours to stay warm. Keep those cards and letters coming as Linda truly enjoys them.

Well the day has finally come and Linda was discharged from Spaulding in Boston and flew to Philadelphia (go Eagles) last night. There were delays due to a ground hold in Philly (go Eagles)but she got to the airport around 6:30PM. To that point it had been a long day for Linda and Shane. When we got her bags we had the job of getting her into the van and strapped down for the first time. The trip to Thorndale was uneventful and Linda arrived at her new residence around 9:00PM. After a cup of tea and some cake we got her into bed. Since everything is new on this end it all takes a little adjusting. It looks like we will have to make some additional changes to the rooms but we expected that to a degree. She handled the long day very well but she also fell asleep quickly and slept through the night. She has already had her first cup of coffee this morning and is ready to get the day started. You can write to Linda at:

3300 Edge Lane, Thorndale, PA. 19372.

Email her at; lrileydane40@msn.com. (It may be a few days till we get her computer set up.)

Phone number is 610-383-7812.

We hope you will keep in touch and perhaps the next update to this website will be done by Linda herself. Thank you everyone for everything you did, all your prayers, all your well wishes, for coming out to Steve’s memorial on a snowy but beautiful day, and for paying attention to this website. Eric thanks you for the compliments on the website and hopes you will come back. Anyone is invited to come down to visit Linda at anytime. We have two extra quest rooms and Philly (go Eagles) and Lancaster are only 40 miles east and 30 miles west respectively. ASIDE: I realize the Eagles are up against a pretty great team in the Patriots but we just gotta have hope and pray for a good game.