Welcome

This blog is about a new walk with my husband Rick & I since he was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's Disease or MND (Motor Neuron Disease) on February 1, 2008.

This blog was started as a way to keep our family and friends and anyone else interested in our battle with ALS updated.
So as you read this blog please keep us in your hearts and prayers.

The blog starts from the most current to the oldest entry. Rick has started to blog now also as of April 1,2008 so this site has become officially "our blog".

My dearest husband Rick passed away on August 13, 2010,
2 1/2 yrs after diagnosis. Now I have to learn how to walk in the courage, strength and bravery that he did in fighting this disease. He promised me he would be waiting for me in eternity on a park bench. Together Forever!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Joan here...."Basket storage for the foot of the hospital bed"




Another little helpful tip that was discovered out of necessity! I kept running around looking for the rubber gloves, Kleenex box, the wipes, etc. Every counter around me has so much stuff on them. These items I really needed handy at all times. I moaned to Jeanette one of our homecare ladies how I needed something to solve this problem. She just looked at me and said "a basket or something hanging at the foot of the bed would be a good use of the space".
Took me half a second to see the wisdom in that idea and and off I went to get an over the door clothes hanger holder and a plastic basket that I had kicking around in the garage. Cost $2.00. May not be the prettiest looking but works like a charm!!!! Yeah...Jeannette!!!