{Karlton Bontrager}

Wednesday was an eventful day. I didn’t hear Karlton complain of boredom a single time, so I trust he was kept busy enough. Karlton enjoyed his outing to the the art gallery in the morning. He had his lunch and rode the exercise bike as usual, informing me that his physio session earlier that day had been challenging.

After his session on the bike (incidentally, Karlton is consistently improving in time and distance on the bicycle), Sarah, the staff member who coordinates different activities, asked Karlton if he wanted to make scones. Though not too excited about the idea, he agreed (“Anything to get me out of here!” he later told Mom).

While the scones were baking, we found out that a discharge date has been set for Karlton. Although the logistics of his flight have yet to be worked out, he is scheduled to be released from the hopsital on the 18th of November. Of course, to Karlton, that feels like the distant future, but it really is coming up soon. The smell of the baking scones attracted people to the kitchen, and most of the food was gone by the time we left for acupuncture.

As usual, Karlton dozed off during his acupuncture appointment for a little while. But then I found myself getting sleepy after Karlton awoke, much to his amusement. I woke up to his laughter as my head did one of those elegant jerky moves that they often do when dozing off in an upright position!

After dinner, Karlton’s friend Rachel, with whom he’d been snowboarding on the day of his accident, came to visit. They went over to Becci’s house to hang out. I was happy to leave the hopsital early, only to later realize that I’d started a load of laundry there. I returned to take care of it just after Rachel and Karlton returned. Rachel had a drive ahead of her and had to leave just after returning, but Karlton was really happy that she had stopped by.