The Scooter

Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated. Work is busy as usual, and I don't think I really even sat down at the computer any this past weekend. In negotiating over the value of Ryan's scooter, the insurance company wanted to know if we wanted its salvage. That was all it took for us to decide to go look at it for ourselves. I took these pictures the week before last and had meant to upload them before now. Anyway, the damage the scooter sustained reveals exactly how Ryan hit the other car . . .





Head on - with an emphasis on head. Ryan spoke with the driver of the car immediately behind him this weekend who told him he'd had no time to stop and had hit the side of the car like a brick wall. We knew that he'd hit the front of his head because of an abrasion he had where his helmet cut in, but apparently, that was the focus of the main impact. He then must have fallen off to the side, which is where his helmet showed damage. I'm not sure if you can tell anything from this photo or not, but this is his helmet.



The rehab doctor gave him a conditional return to work release last week, and Ryan worked Tuesday through Friday, although he had therapy appointments both Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Ideally, he should have waited a bit longer to go back to work, but sick leave is precious when you are expecting a new member of your family to arrive soon. He found work exhausting, but did a little better today. He has started physical therapy for his ankle, which seems to be helping. He actually has his first follow up with a doctor tomorrow, the rehab doctor that is. I'm not sure exactly when he'll follow up with the neurosurgeon, but that will be soon also.

This weekend we mustered up the energy to clean out a room in our house that we haven't really stepped inside for 2 years. It houses an indoor hot tub and is off our master bedroom. When we bought this house over 4 years ago, it had an extremely old hot tub in there, which we replaced with a smaller more energy efficient one. We used it quite a bit until I got pregnant with Kerensa, and it has been neglected for awhile. With Ryan being so sore, we both knew the hot tub would help somewhat, but neither of us felt up to the cleaning task after work last week. We worked like you could imagine 2 semi-disabled people would work. I could only bend over for so long without feeling nauseous, and Ryan can't really stand that long. Needless to say, we took a lot of breaks. At least we had one little diligent helper. Her newest words are "hot tub," and she got to try it out yesterday. The long and short of it is that Ryan is recuperating, slowly but surely.