Last week I went to my Ruth's house in Tervuren for a walk and tea. Ruth gave me a tour of the park behind Tervuren. As we walked we came upon a mother duck and her ducklings in the middle of the road. We escorted them to the side of the road. Later another gentleman escorted them up the road to the park gates. It reminded us of Make Way for the Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
Whether in Tervuren Park or Woluwe Park there are plenty of gaggles of goslings swimming in the lakes, mother ducks and ducklings walking through the parks and baby rabbits hopping through the gardens. Spring is in the air.
After our walk we enjoyed a cup of tea, but I couldn't pick up my tea cup with my right hand (I've been using my left hand/arm for the last 8 months). Ruth gave me the phone number of a US trained Chiropractor in Auderghem (across the street from our apartment building). I have had two appointments with the chiropractor. Finally, today my hand has opened. It is a little stiff, but the pain in my arm is gone. I am overjoyed!
We've had a wonderful year in Brussels, but the problems with my arm have put a grey cloud over our adventures. I have pretty much lost the use of my right arm. None of the specialist doctors were able to alleviate the pain without proposing surgery, more cortisone shots, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc. So happy to be on the mend.
