The day we have been waiting for exactly one month is tomorrow. Ceil will be checking out of HSC tomorrow at 11 and I will be bringing her directly home. She will continue with therapy at home for PT/OT/ST through Salute Home Health Care. We picked Salute as it is the very same Italian word we say when we clink wine glasses while we are making the Simeone Vino in September.
Kidding of course, Salute is a company owned by a friend of mine that handles exactly what Ceil will need for home care. It's great to know someone I can count on to put this all together...Crea, that is an official plug - kickback...
Ceil is looking forward to coming home to be with the kids and to be in her home which I hope will give her the ability to recuperate quickly. The road to recovery may be long but it will make it even sweeter when she gets there.
The kids continue to do well under the circumstances of having their mom away for so long. Something I wish no child would ever have to endure. But the kids did show maturity understanding everything she is going through is to make her well again.
While I know everyone wants Ceil to be back to the way she was a month and 1 day ago, please understand that this recovery will take time as she went through some very serious surgery. It's things you don't know or understand until you have got to live through it. As amazing as you could ever think the brain or the body is, you go through what we just did and you realize what a complete miracle the human body is. Just to know what it takes for a human to do the daily, taken for granted tasks we all do (like type what I just typed), it truly is a miracle. Something we should never take for granted.
My Uncle John text me when this all first started telling me to stay strong, BiscStrong. I have received hundreds of emails, texts and people telling me to stay strong which I think I have pretty much held it all together under the circumstances.
Through this journey I realize where that strength has come from for me. It comes from the tanacity of my beautiful wife who inspires me to know you can get through anything with the right attitude and you can get through it with grace. I learned this two years ago, and she just showed me again. Truly the toughest woman I know!
I also get my strength from my mother. The one I called to say I needed her help when this all started. Without skipping a beat, she uprooted her and Ed's life to move into the house and take care of the kids...and pretty much everything else...for me so I could do what I needed to with Ceil without needing to worry about where the kids would be. She also has been here anytime I needed to talk and doesn't wince anymore when the occasional F-bomb comes from my lips. I know I don't tell her nearly enough but I love you Mom and I can't imagine going through this without your support. Thanks for showing me how to be tough and it means the world to me that you are here.
Thanks to Ceil's Mom, Dad, siblings and in-laws for your help through this all as well. You guys are a close knit family that has remained close and there for each other through thick and thin. You are a testament to what a family is all about. For all the kidding I do about never leaving the nest on Edgewood Road, in reflection, I don't know why anyone ever would.
I also want to thank everyone that has helped with the support, getting the kids places, and lending an ear, etc... While this isn't over, we appreciate it and appreciate it in the future.
So tomorrow Ceil comes back to us at home. We'll start that next chapter of our lives with big smiles on our face that she is back where she belongs. We'll stay positive and we'll appreciate every single day. I hope you do the same!
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