5/27 - 6/3

Things have been progressing nicely in the last week.

Since last Thursday I have been discharged from PT, told I didn't need to get my blood checked anymore, golfed 9 holes, played volleyball, and went swimming.

I saw my physical therapist on Thursday. He evaluated my balance and concluded that he wouldn't need to see me anymore unless I decided I needed to work on something. He's going to keep my file open for another 6 weeks but will close it out then unless I contact him.

As Melissa said last week, we got my Thursday blood results on Friday. My hemotologist thinks that my blood counts are showing a recovery and that I don't need to get my blood drawn twice a week. I'll just get it drawn once a month when I go back down to Indy for checkups.

Saturday morning, I drove up to Granger, IN to hang out with a bunch of friends. We typically would go to the Indy 500 but they made a good call and thought it would be better if we watched it from the comfort of air conditioning. On Saturday, we played 9 holes in the heat. First hole I hauled off and nailed my tee shot. I got all of it but when we got to it, I only hit it about 220 yards. It was a bit of a wakeup, I was trying to hit long irons all afternoon where I would typically hit a wedge or 9 iron. After we finished up, I had some trouble cooling down. I drank a bunch of ice water and took a cold shower but eventually just spending some time in the AC helped.

On Sunday, we met up with some more friends for the race. I'm sure it was far more enjoyable inside with the lights off drinking beer than out in the stands drinking water because friends at the race were calling saying how they were melting. After dinner, we went out and played some volleyball. This was my first time really trying to jump and move around quickly. I feel on my back nearly every time I jumped, it wasn't very graceful. After a few games, I went and jumped in the pool to cool down and relax a bit. That was short lived once the game of Marco Polo started. That was a lot of fun but a bit more challenging than when I was young and had hearing in both ears. Thanks to Tim for the help though, instead of saying "polo", he just splashed water at me.

After all of the excitement on Sunday, I nearly slept until noon. I woke up just in time for lunch and then hustled back down to Lafayette for a Memorial Day cookout that Melissa was putting on....that I forgot about.

I promise it won't be so long before my next update.

Eric