{Karlton Bontrager}

On Sunday, I decided to walk around Dunedin a bit before going in to see Karlton. I stopped in a few shops, including one that carried rugby jerseys that Karlton was interested in. At ISIS, Karlton was eating lunch when I arrived. I told him that I wanted to go for a drive down the [...]

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Karlton was lazing around on Saturday when I found him. Although it had been sunny, by the time I made it to the hospital, it had become colder and drizzly. But I thought it might still be nice to go out for a drive. First, though, I told Karlton that I was going to start [...]

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Friday was another eventful day for Karlton. I stopped by the Otago Museum in the morning. When I arrived at ISIS just before noon, both Holly and Pixie (from Queenstown) were visiting. It was a sunny day, so they sat outside (Karlton wearing his lovely striped sunglasses, of course) chatting. During this time, Karlton’s room [...]

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When I arrived at ISIS on Thursday, Karlton was in the computer room emailing some friends. He wasn’t in a mood to do much of anything, which is just as well, as the previous day had been something of an eventful one. He told me that in physiotherapy, he had worked on his left arm [...]

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Tuesday night, around 11:30, I received text messages from Karlton telling me that he was unable to fall asleep, despite feeling so tired. Around the same time, I later heard that there was an aurora australis, though unfortunately, neither of us saw it. On Wednesday, I arrived at ISIS quite late after having to run [...]

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I forgot in my note on Monday to mention that Karlton went until after 6pm without his sling. Although on Tuesday, he ended up putting it on before noon again, this tells me that his shoulder muscles are slowly getting stronger! Tuesday morning was beautiful–sunny and warm. Karlton was to have an opthalmological appointment in [...]

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