tis the season

Tomorrow starts our week of craziness! We have Christmas parties every day except for Monday. Oh man, anyone get Troy a cot for Christmas? He will need it! 

He only has one day of therapy this week and he is so beyond excited about that. That's a Christmas gift in itself. Were so excited to spend Christmas home. We had originally thought that Troy wouldn't be home by Christmas. We were shocked when Thanksgiving came around and he was already sleeping in his own bed! God has been so great to us and we have so much to be thankful for this year, and always. Health has always been something we take for granted. Not anymore, that is something we will always be greatful for; along with such great healthcare. We are so blessed to have such good hospitals, so close to home! 

Lately, our 'get out of the house' time has been sitting in Dicks Sporting Goods looking at golf clubs. With our family, we get money and need to choose a gift for ourselves, wrap it and bring it to the party. Troy is a TERRRIBLE decision maker when it comes to these things. He would rather not get anything than have to pick something out. We have narrowed down our search to a golf club. (This is after weeks of discussion) He has never had new clubs before and always gets them second hand. He golfs quite a bit so I figured why not upgrade a club or two? We now spend hours looking at different clubs it seems like, everyday. The guy that works the golf department at Dicks knows us by name and asks Troy how his recovery is going and tells him how much better he looks every time we see him. Are you getting an idea of how much were there? I'm starting to think that our daily trip to Dicks is going to make us golf club experts! 

I've been trying to get Troy to swing a club. It's something he enjoys doing that isn't fast or dangerous. It would pass the time and also help with balance and corrdination. For some reason he refuses to do it. He claims he is going to be terrible and just fall over. Which is how he thinks about a lot of things. I'll ask him if he is interested in trying this or that and he always says, "I'm not good enough for that". Now, the things I offer are things I know he can do. We had the conversation tonight of why he thinks he isn't good enough. I told him he is good enough, he just needs to try it and see he can do it! He always complains about how slow he is; which no one notices, even his therapists. I try to understand where he is coming from but I can't understand how he feels or how he thinks. To me, he has a few things that are still off but he is overall doing spectacular. I remind him to that we don't know how he will fully heal. He may be like this forever. In all honesty it wouldn't be bad. I can't and don't expect him to be what he was before his accident but he is at a very functional level now. Most people function during their normal life at what he is functioning now! Think about it, you probably know someone with horrible balance, slower processing skills, or stinks in the memory department. It's not abnormal. He just needs to learn to use what he has and menuver around his areas of struggle. Not everyone is good at everything, time for Troy to join us normal thinking folks!

Today marks 11 weeks since his accident. In this case, I'm so glad time flys. It's been an interesting 11 weeks. You sure learn a lot about others and yourself through situations like these. Some relationships grow and some wither away. All I can say is I'm so thankful for Troy, thankful that he is here, thankful he is my husband and so thankful that he and I share a great relationship with Jesus together. Going forward, life is different in so many ways. Each day is a gift. A positive attitude is a choice each and every day. A choice that is made so much easier with Jesus. 

Troy, a week into his ICU stay. The body is such an amazing thing. The way it heals is truly miraculous! His face looks so much better here already compared to a week prior. Some of the nurses said he has magical skin! As you can see here, still hooked up to and obnoxious amount of machines but already doing and looking so much better! Crazy how this was real life for us not that long ago!