I had trouble getting to sleep last night, but I don't know why. Anyway, I finally did and slept fairly well. I didn't get out for a walk this morning, but I did get a good early start on my trip to Bat Yam.
David came home with me today. They hadn't really wanted to release him, but he had insisted. I had backed him up but was a little worried that he might not be ready. I'm very confident now, though, that he made the right decision.
On the one hand, the physical therapy there was no doubt good for him, but, on the other hand, they really weren't able to help him enough with walking, and so he ended up staying stuck in his bed and not even allowed to go to the bathroom (for fear of him falling, of course). Almost no one there spoke much English, and, of course, David speaks virtually no Hebrew, so communication was very difficult. If I had been close by and able to be there quite frequently, my Hebrew would have been good enough to bridge the gap, but, of course, I was a 4-hour drive (one way) away, and telephone conversations just aren't the same.
David's condition, at this point, is about like it was before the seizure that sent him to the hospital, perhaps a little weaker. I think we'll be able to manage at home, and he'll be much more content.
We had a nice, if tiring, trip back home, stopping a couple of times to eat lunch (at the highway 6 rest stop) and to go to the bathroom (at Mashabim).
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