the ups and downs of recovery

Some time ago, I asked Robb's neurosurgeon to describe, visually, the path of Robb's recovery. Would it be a long, steady slope? Would it be like a staircase, with plateaus followed by big steps up?

He said that it would be more like an oscillating wave, with improvements and setbacks.

It seems that we are in one of the down turn parts of the wave. Robb's energy is very low, lately. He is experiencing back pain, which he almost never does. Robb is dragging.

Luckily, we were prepared for this, and are not despairing.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Take your camera and go photograph something amazing... it will cheer both of you on. And know that there are a ton of people pulling for you out here!

Bandaid
Anonymous said…
Lisa and Robb, I'm so sorry to hear about this late. Happy birthday Robb! And I'm sorry to hear about your accident but glad you are on doing well the road to recovery. My new email is: brooklynvest@yahoo.com

Keep me posted on things!
Robin
Anonymous said…
Hm, since this has been described as "the ups and downs of an ongoing recovery" it sounds to me like Robb is on his very own personal ragbrai through a hilly region of an unknown landscape (wow- poetic.)

Maybe he should start wearing some brightly-colored spandex clothing, or a bike helmet all the time- celebrate the weirdness for as long as you can. Consider the spandex as a type of battle armor, just please dont start wearing spandex speedos when you guys go to the beach- and if you do, please don't post a picture of it.

- Annalisa

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