Starting the next leg of the journey

Becky’s taking another step toward ending our extended retreat in Dallas and heading back home. The medical and surgical teams have felt she was ready for rehab for a few days now, and the team at Zale Rehab facility has finally agreed she’s ready and they have a spot for her. And yes, as the photo suggests, the facility is named after the same Zale family as the jewelry stores.

The length of this section of the road will depend on how quickly Becky is able to build some strength back up in those muscles that have gone largely unused for the past two months. I suspect that won’t be an easy task, but hopefully the incentive of getting back home and seeing family on a regular basis will be a great motivator.

A lot of things have improved over the last week. Becky’s much more aware of everything going on. She doesn’t remember a lot of specifics from the last couple months, which in many ways is probably a good thing, she’s much more clear about where she is and what the situation is. She’s also slowly regaining strength and starting to walk around again.

Other than her physical strength, the next biggest thing to work on is her anxiety. The combination of lots of new things, new people, new place, new expectations is taking a bit of a tole on her mentally, but we’re working through it, and asking for whatever help UT Southwestern can provide.

Your continued thoughts and prayers as we embark on this next stage of the journey would be much appreciated.