I plan to do video logs (vlogs) to do these posts so everyone can access my blog without difficulty. I am still recovering from being in the hospital for eleven days. I feel weak still in my hands and body making signing ASL very hard. Hopefully as I recover more, I will be stronger to be able to sign. On July 8th, 2025 I woke up feeling really lousy, worse than I have been feeling in the last few months. It took a lot of my strength just to transfer myself from my electric reclining chair to my power wheelchair. When I got to the bathroom,I had the same difficulty transferring from my power wheelchair to the toilet. I changed my clothes with a lot of difficulty and then I tried to get up. After 20 minutes of struggling I called my sister at work. She rushed home, took onelook at me and called 911.

I was rushed to the Mayo Clinic hospital and was met by the ER team. I remember some things like they had a virtual relay interpreter (VRI) ready, neurologist, several nurses, and other doctors. They wheeled me to the CT machine twice to rule out a stroke or any blood clots. The look on Karen, my sister’s face told me it was not good. I had a severe UTI and kidney infection with a high fever. An MRI was scheduled for the next day. Karen told them I cannot lay flat in the MRI machine without anethesia because of severe vertigo and lower back and tailbone problems. I was wheeled up into a private room and was pretty much out of it for the next few days.

On 7/9/25 a MRI was scheduled and there was some good and bad news from the procedure. The good news was after having MS for 30+ years there were no new lesions, tumors, or any other issues. Everything looked the same. The bad news was the infections attacked the MS lesions and woke them up causing a massive flare-up.I woke up with my right arm beet red from the MRI team tightening the latex rubber band so tight that it popped several blood vessels in my arm. After a few days, the arm color returned to normal.

I will continue to write when I feel stronger. But for now, these are short posts. Stay Strong, and take care of yourself, you only have one life!