Stumble It!
For over four weeks I've been dealing with Adrian's bike accident. While he is much recuperated, he is still more frail and slower than he was before the accident. Yet he still wanted to make the trip alone to California to spend a week with his son and family.
Hurray!
Sorry, it's just that I don't get relief that often and this time I really need it. (Caregivers always need the respite whenever they can get it.)
Adrian was very nervous for the last two days, so we packed early in order to help him feel prepared. Of course, he kept wanting to review everything, to know what I'd put in his backpack and to repack it.
He practiced using his cellphone, but I assured him that he didn't need to use it if he forgot how to. I stayed with him until he got on the plane in Ithaca. His son will be there when he gets off the plane in San Francisco. The airline is supposed to get him from one gate to the next in Philadelphia.
Some people would say he shouldn't make this trip alone, that he is too frail and forgetful to handle it. I would agree if Adrian said he did not want to do it. But he does. He flies alone a couple times a year and has always managed fine. It is just getting harder each time.
This may be the last. I will be sure to enjoy my week home alone.
