A year ago today...

We have made it to the one year mark. One year ago today, we were all planning on going to Kansas City for my nephews birthday party and dad was driving to get grandma to take her with us. One year ago today, I got the phone call from my brother telling me dad was in a bad car accident. One year ago today, dad was walking around and never knew his life was about to change. One year ago today, I never knew how strong my dad and grandma could fight for their lives.

We are blessed and so lucky to have survived the last year. But truly, our family could not have done it without all of YOU! Your support through this last year kept my mom going and kept all of our sanity. So thank you for everything you all have done for us!

Dad "graduated" from seeing Dr. Canada last week so we are officially done...finally! Dad just has to continue going to get fitted for new legs every few years. Grandma is a lot slower these days and is a lot for my aunt but she is still hanging in there. She can barely walk anymore and can barely respond to you when you talk to her. This is just with age and we are lucky that she has held on this long.

From here on out, I will continue to post things if something happens, but I am also going to post about our family and their happenings. We have kept in touch with so many family members this way and since we are in the clear now, I figured this can be a Greeninger blog so all our family can keep in touch.

We love you all so much! Thank you again for your love and support this past year!

Happy Mother's Day!

Spring has sprung and we are moving things out!

Dad is walking all of the time now and it is great to see! Since he isn't wheelchair bound as much any more, dad had me take the ramp that our neighbors made and put it in the garage. It was a great feeling to do some "spring cleaning" and put the ramp away!

Dad said the hardest thing is still breathing and being able to take a deep breath. Hopefully once he gets used to moving about on his own, his stamina will come back!

No news is good news

Things are going great for dad. He is really starting to walk a lot more. He is using a cane to help him balance better. I'm not sure how many more weeks he has at rehab but I know he will be happy when those are done. All of this nice weather, he has enjoyed cutting the grass with the riding lawn mower and bbq'ing.

Grandma is about the same. She moves pretty slow and just seems out of it. It just seems that the accident sped this whole "Getting old" process up for her. She still has an amazing smile and enjoyed spending time with Sandy (Aunt Nancy's Daughter). Her and her family were all in town last week because Lawrence is getting deployed soon. Grandma enjoyed seeing her grand kids.

Hope you are loving the Spring weather!

Beautiful Weather

This has been the warmest winter I can remember. It is March and it is suppose to get up to 75 this week. Dad is enjoying walking around outside with his leg. He told the Dr. he wanted to practice on a treadmill and they told him no. So we took a pretend picture of him walking on our treadmill to show them at rehab Monday.

After this, we all went outside to enjoy the weather. I got a good pic of mom and dad.

Enjoy the weekend!

Rehab!

Dad has been going to rehab this week. So far, no blisters! He got mad the first day because it was a lot of sitting around. So on Wednesday, he told them to get him up and walking! They said the doctors told them to take it easy so he wouldn't blister but you all know my father! He is determined to walk and drive again. I can't believe we are almost at a year since this crazy journey he has gone through. But man, he has come a LONG way! We know if he were younger, his recovery would have been faster. But we are all so happy that he has come this far. The other day he even tried to walk up and down the steps with Fred. Mom and I stood in front and behind him but he did a great job! Keep praying the blister stage is done!

Words With Friends

Dad is doing great. He taught me how to ride the new lawn mower and has been practicing with "moms" iPad. This weekend I taught him how to play Words with Friends. So if you want to ask him to play a game, search for his name Kgreeninger. He loves to play it!

Dad goes to Canada tomorrow to see if she will have him start rehab with Fred. He has been putting Fred on a lot and practicing a little. He still isn't weight barring so hopefully when he does there won't be any blisters!

So anyway, if you have Words with Friends, feel free to play him. I keep telling him these games take a week or so to play but he plays right away :) What else is there to do?!? Also, if you know any fun games I can put on the iPad, email them my way! Have a great week everyone!

More Doctor Visits

Dad went to the prothestic doctor today. He was allowed to take Fred home last week just to put the leg on and to wear it around for a few hours at a time. He isn't allowed to put much weight on it but he has been practicing standing a little here and there. He didn't get a blister from the leg being on so we are hoping that his skin is getting tougher. Hopefully when he puts full weight on it again it won't blister. Dave, Kelly, Jeff, and Cindy all came in town this weekend to visit since it was a long weekend. Dad was in great spirits.

Jack, Dave's littlest guy, relaxing

Dad putting Fred on

I went to Dobb's to get my car worked on and my old boss let Chase and I have some fun with some tires

Chase helping Grandpa taking Fred off. Jack watching as his big brother pulls really hard!