Here today; there tomorrow

Evan had a 1:00 p.m. clinic appointment on Wednesday. I prepared by gathering some "purse knitting" for the waiting room. No, purse knitting is not knitting a purse -- although I do have my eye on a great pattern -- purse knitting is a project that fits neatly into my purse (Alyssa's vest has progressed too far to fit into the purse knitting category). Naturally, I bought a purse with this purpose in mind, but that's beside the point. I took out my needles and sock yarn and started knitting even though I didn't expect to get two socks finished this week. About an inch of ribbing and Evan appeared saying he had to wait a few minutes for an appointment schedule. Not long after, his doctor appeared and told him an appointment schedule would be ready for him on Friday and to enjoy his time away. Time away? That's right, Evan's been cut loose ... or at least he's been given a much longer leash.
We left the clinic, went back to Alyssa's, packed up the car and headed back to Milladore. Since Evan had another appointment on Friday, I thought maybe we'd leave right after that one. "NO. We're going and heading back on Friday." At this point, we no longer make decisions based on what is the most reasonable; rather, we decide things based on what Evan can do. And since Evan is now cleared to drive and is allowed to be 3 1/2 hours away, we drove home. OK, he drove. I continued working on the sock. We arrived home about 6:30 to a great meal of Ned's celebratory burgers and a beer. As long as things keep progressing well, Evan will have a greatly reduced clinic schedule and be able to commute, rather than stay in Minneapolis full-time. That's good news for all of us. In fact, when I called Alyssa on Wednesday to tell her we'd be gone when she got home from work, she tried to hide her overwhelming disappointment by saying, "I'm calling friends!"
We're now hoping Evan keeps up the good healing work and stays clear of infection and fever; that will bring him closer to being home full time. He has plans to return to work ASAP and will talk to his doctors about that today. Whatever those return to work plans turn out to be, he's certainly headed in the right direction on the road back to normal.