Thursday, August 5, 2021

The Brotherhood of Brain Injured Patients

 Everyday starts the same way.

My wife and I start each morning with a blood pressure check and I check my blood sugar.

I choke down a large handful of pills and then I have breakfast--a yogurt and some milk.

Usually my wife and I make my lunch before she shuttles me off to the "Center" when the shuttle arrives.

Usually I share some kind words with the driver who has warmed up to me and as I've told the wife--I unlocked her.  For a long time she didn't say much to me.

We usually go to Hurst where we pick up Mr. R-----.  I cannot stress the importance of being on time--even my fellow patients have come to expect the shuttle.

Mr. R---- is an older gentlemen who expects the shuttle to be on time.

His house is beautiful with a front yard complete with foliage and a whimsical looking oak tree which has a face on the front of it--I call that Old Man Oak.  When we leave I watch as Old Man Oak disappears in the distance and topiary of Mr. R----'s yard.

Our next stop is Euless, specifically and the Euless Star Center where we pick up another patient whose husband works at the Star Center, and then we head down 121 before we arrive in Irving at the Center for Neuro Skills.