Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2009. That day I took Mattie to the outpatient physical therapy department to have a session with Anna. Most of Mattie's sessions were in-patient, but by July, Mattie was off of chemotherapy, and our focus and goal was to get him stronger and learn to walk again. We tried all sorts of walkers, but I would say that Mattie had great fear about falling and therefore was very cautious about taking steps. Of course, now in hindsight we also know that Mattie's cancer was spreading and therefore his level of pain had to be intense. All I can say was Mattie was a good sport. Despite how badly he was feeling, he always tried and was truly committed to fighting the disease and rehabilitating.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 33,787,371
- Number of people who died from the virus: 606,443
Today was the first day in two weeks where we did not go to the house. Peter had important conference calls to make for work and I needed to focus on my portion of the grant proposal that we are submitting with a team at the end of the month. Because the house has no connectivity yet and the fact that on any given day I am juggling 12 things at once, it makes it impossible to do any meaningful writing at the house. So I was glad to have this time at our DC home today.
Though I wasn't at the house, I was still dealing with house things. I am happy to report that painters are starting on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Tile floors will get professionally cleaned and sealed on Thursday and Friday of next week, and I signed a contract for first floor wood floors to get refinished at the end of July (mainly because right now I call the first floor a clown car, as in each room the wooden floors look different in color)! It was a red letter day!!! I feel much better with a plan, as it was finding the right people and figuring out what we can budget now was stressful. Needless to say, I am looking for the perfect ivory paint color for walls in the house. Though our walls in DC, have wonderful Mattie Miracle colors, I think long term having a basic color will be important, and LORD knows I don't want to paint the whole house ever again. At some point this weekend, I am going to the actual paint store to get more samples to test out on the walls. So I think it will be another busy weekend as we get the house ready for contractors next week.
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