Healing at the Pace of the Body

I'm sure I'm not the only one who was so excited to hear Chukka was speaking, that I forgot how seriously she has been injured and that her healing will take some time. Although modern medicine can do much to support her, ultimately, she can only heal as fast as her body can manage, and even in these days of the Internet, that remains slow. She is, of course, in a great deal of pain and remains heavily medicated, so although she is conscious, she is focused mostly on her immediate needs and is not really ready to take in all our well wishes and cards. It is still too soon for DVDs and so on. When I think to the last time I was ill, I remember how the illness can take over everything and there is little energy for anything else. So it is with Chukka. We can still continue to send her our love and support.