Home Again 09/11/10

OK, so the last post wasn't quite the end of the series.


This Phase of the Journey is Complete
Yes, it's true.  Just short of eight weeks after her accident, Cyn is back home in SC.  The four (including Prancer) of us left MN a week ago today and headed southeast.  The traveling was much easier than the trip from AZ to MN - no O2 concentrator, no walker, many fewer drugs, less stuff, and three healthy adults who were able to travel without difficulty.  The roads cooperated with few construction areas to slow us down.  Traffic wasn't even bad, although there were a number of people driving over the holiday weekend.

Labor Day we arrived in Cartersville, GA, where Cyn picked up her car - it started with only some minor coaxing.  On Tuesday we stopped at Quest Global to drop off some material and to check in with some friends before our two car caravan was off for North Augusta, SC, bypassing downtown Atlanta on the way.  We arrived at Cyn's apartment in time to move her back in with enough time before dinner time for Jan and I to check into our motel.

After dinner and meeting some of Cyn's friends, we picked up groceries, dropped Cyn at her apartment, said the rest of our good-byes, and Jan and I returned to our motel.  After all that had happened the past two months, Cyn slept in Wednesday while Jan and I headed back north.

If you have an interest in quilting, I would highly recommend Paducah, KY where we stayed Wednesday night.  Between Hancock's of Paducah (.com) and the National Quilt Museum, Jan was in quilter's heaven.  Her stash was expanded and she spent a lot of time smiling.  The rest of the drive was relatively uneventful as we arrived home Friday evening.

Drugs No More
Happily, after all the medication to control the pain from broken bones and soft tissue damage, Cyn is narcotics-free again.  Not only that, but she's also nicotine free, kicking the smoking habit in the process.  An occasional anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant or OTC painkiller manages the lingering pain or periods when her nerves go into a firing frenzy.  She's still into Mountain Dew Code Red, but hey, nobody's perfect.

Where From Here?
The overall aftermath of the accident will continue to unfold.  Those stories will, however, be told elsewhere, not here.  This journey is complete.