Day 15 in Houston 1-22-07

Wow, hard to believe we have been in Houston for two weeks already. Darcy has come a long way just since we have been here. We hadn’t seen her all weekend and we could see improvement today over Friday, so she is healing along. She is noticing all kinds of new pains, but she is moving more each day and after being bed-bound for so long it is understandable.

Tomorrow is an exciting day for us and scary for Darcy. She is being moved to a Neuro-recovery center. She doesn’t know what to expect, but she is a trooper and will get through it. The drive up there won’t be a lot of fun for her, but the doctor’s at both ends are doing all they can to make her as comfortable as possible. I’ve been massaging her a lot and that really relaxes her and she really enjoys it. My fingers still have their magic knowledge of all the sneaky little painful places.

Now that we have figured out the quickest way in and out of Houston, we won’t need it. We jump into the HOV lane (high occupancy vehicles) and zoom along with very little stopping and get dumped out downtown. It is kind of like being on a ride at Disneyland. You fly along in your lane that is flanked by cement walls with traffic crawling past you in both directions. Driving through downtown Houston is actually pretty easy and the city is very pretty.

These oak trees line the street between the museum district and the hospital district. Their skyscrapers are very pretty shapes and shiny. This last picture was of the sunset from our window last night, stunning colors.

We’ll be moving locations on Wednesday as soon as we figure out where we want to be.