An update on Sonya, she is sitting up in a wheel chair now, but very weak. They will be transferring her to another facility for rehab. She does have a feeding tube in her. They are saying 6+ months before she will be home. She is finally starting to cuss at the nurses, which tells me the old Sonya is still in there. Ricky went down, said she was cussing everyone out even him, he said if she keeps on at that rate she may get better quicker if she gets ticked off enough and decides she wants to go home.

She can use her arms, but can not use her legs at all at this point. We hope that she starts using them soon. Otherwise they will have to put her into a nursing home, Ricky can not lift and tug on her. I would try and help them however I could and they both know that, but I can't lift and tug on her either after my last heart attack and stroke. I had a hard enough time today toting a 20 pound propane tank for him. It needed to be done so I did it.

Luckily unlike the 2 of them the stroke that I had just makes it hard on me to lift things, or to go up stairs. However if it happens again it could be worse. I try and live with it, and to keep doing what I can. I just hope that Sonya at least gets to the point to where she can do what needs to be done. Even if it is walking across the floor and picking up her plate of food.

I have taken care of the 2 of them now for 5+ years, and think of them like family. I don't know what I would do without either one of them around.