Ping Pong and Golf

Wednesday May 3rd- night- I'm sitting here with Ben, reading some of the blog- it's the first time I've actually looked at it or read it besides to post something new. Ann- you did an incredible job. And yes, that's my sister, the one that was married to Dave Barry, the humor writer. Ben says thanks for everyone's prayers, thoughts, cards and gifts. He's a bit teary eyed about all this. We keep going over and over the story of what happened to him. So far his short-term memory is still sketchy so I tell him the story over and over. I think the blog will be helpful for him to absorb all that happened to him. Today was exhausting- doctors appointments, checking out of Evergreen which took hours, going to Costco to get a truckload of supplies for Ben. I took him over to Bill and Nancy's while I shopped at 5:00 since we'd been out of the house since 10:30 this morning. Ben's a lot less wobbly today- he's been up and about a lot. When I went to pick him up from Bill and Nancy's, it looked like he was playing ping pong. He was talking about doing some golfing soon so I know he's getting better. I'm ready for bed- Ben got at least 12 hours of sleep last night- I was a bit hypervigilant, worrying that he wasn't breathing or that he was starting to have seizures again. But tonight I'm sure I'll sleep like a baby. It's so wonderful to have him home! Love, Barbara and Ben
P.S. When Ben's nuerologist asked him to write a complete sentense as part of his tests today, Ben wrote, 'I Love Barbra' It was so sweet!