Daily walks

 Daily walks in the Morning 

& Hyperbaric Therapy in the Afternoon


We have settled into a pattern during the week.  Up and breakfast around 8:30. When Maria arrives at 9:30 -- out for a walk. That is when I leave for errands and campus.  

Mike is walking farther each day 


Mike's walk goes up Alta Vista to Micheltorena and down Salsipuedes to Anapamu and back home.  He says he does feel the workout, yet each day it is easier.

Lunch must be finished before 1 pm as he must be ready to go to Goleta Cottage Hospital, where he spends the next 2 hours in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber.  

I leave campus at 4pm to fetch Mike after the therapy. We head home in the traffic to arrive before 5pm.  

Miek enjoys visitors between 10 am and 1 pm and then after 5 pm. Looking forward to your next visit!





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