Day 72 - April 26, 2007 Thursday

Lynn got to HH around 7:30 am. Terry had breakfast and got dressed for the day. He had therapy fairly early because of the special trip. His therapy is going great. They are seeing improvement every day. A special van is coming to pick him up around 12 pm but he needs to meet with the doctor at the nursing home before leaving. The doctor hasn't meet Terry yet and he wanted, too. They finally got to the New Castle Motorsports Park around 1:15 pm. This is where Michael (son) works there, and it is about 10 miles from the nursing home. Michael was very pleased to see them. Tony (another son) happen to be in the area for delivery and he stopped by too. Donna (Michael's mother-in-law) had a special feast planned for Terry. He ate very well. They had a good time visiting with people away from the nursing home. Esteina (Michael's ), Garrett (grandson), and Logan (grandson) also came by to visit. Terry and Lynn left around 5:30 pm to head back to the nursing home. It was a wonderful afternoon for them - just a little escape to "regular" life for Terry. He was pretty tired when they got back to HH. He went to bed right away. Lynn left for the day by 7:45 pm. Terry wanted Lynn to call when she got home to give him an update on the remodeling. They are combining the half-bath and master bath into one and widening the hallway. They had gotten almost all of the walls torn down. They also had taken off the bedroom door and most of the tile was gone. They had done a lot of work in one day.