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Monday, August 31, 2020

Getting my P.T. schedule straight with Nurse Sally

 My Monday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by making my bed before getting dressed for the day. Once I was out of my jams and t-shirt, I then shaved before washing my face. I then went into the main camp to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. aT 9:15 I then had a bowl of clam chowder for breakfast. It was leftover, so I finished it up, along with a piece of toast. At 9:42 I then returned to my camp, so as to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 10:00 I then got ready for nurse sally's call for the week. While I listened to my audio book. At 11:00 I then face timed nurse Sally. She tried to do it, but does not quite have the hang of it yet. We spoke about how my medication is going and where I should do my physically therapy when I start. At 11:30 we ended our call. At 11:30 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since my last stroke. At 11:45 I then began to do my back stretches. Once I had finished stretching, Sally had called about my options for physical therapy. At 12:00 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 12:30 I listened to my audio book, while filling out forms to vote. At 1:53 I then took two tylonol before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:53-4:38 before waking. I then called Nurse Sally returning her about my options about physical therapy. I will be going to Franklin Memorial Hospital for the time being. Sally then let me know that she would fax Franklin Memorial Hospital, the call me tomorrow. At 4:57 I then took a shower, before going into the main camp to eat dinner with my parents. At 6:04 I then returned to my camp to blog. 

Sunday, August 30, 2020

A peaceful Sunday

 My Sunday morning began at 7:00 a.m. y watching Sunday mass on television while laying in bed. I then put my feet on the floor and got myself dressed out of my night clothing. Once I had made my bed, I then shave before going into the main camp. Once in the camp, I had eaten some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 8:00 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 8:30 I then ate my breakfast. At 8:45 I had returned to my camp to brush my teeth. I then put in my and nose drops. Once I had taken two puffs of air, I then began to do my back stretches. At 9:15 I had finished my stretching. I then began to listen to my audio book. At 9:23 I then returned to the Main camp to fill my water bottle with ice and water. I then returned to my camp at 10:00 to lay down. I had slept from 10:00-2:00. Once I was awake I then went into the main camp to play cribbage with my mother. after two games, I then watched a little television before eating dinner at at 4:00. I then returned to my camp at 5:30 to take a shower to get comfortable for the night. At 6:00 I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day. 

Saturday, August 29, 2020

a dreary day at camp

 My Saturday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I washed my face before getting dressed for the day. At 11:00 I then went into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa before having a bowl of oatmeal with a half toasted english muffin with cream cheese. At 11:10 I then went back into my camp to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 11:27 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:43 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:55 I then listened to my audio book until 12:26, before going to sleep. I had slept until 4:00 before waking. I can not wait until I am totally off the seizure medication clobazam. I then went into the main camp to play one game of cribbage with my mother before eating a bowl or two of clam chowder with my parents on this cold and dreary night at camp. At 6:00 I then went into my camp to take a shower before pulling up my blog. 

Friday, August 28, 2020

Playing cribbage

 My Friday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by getting out of bed and shaving. After doing so, I then made my bed before getting dressed for the day ahead. At 9:40 I then went into the main camp to eat some fruit and a cup and drink a cup of tea. At 9:35 I then had eaten an egg cup with a half toasted english muffin with cream cheese. At 10:25 I then returned to my camp once I had finished eating, so as to brush my teeth. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler before starting in with my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:05 I then began to do my back stretches. At 11:18 I had finished my workout. At 11:20 I then put some clean laundry away before filling my empty pill containers. At 11:50 I then order a script that I was running low on. At 11:55 I then went into the main camp to play two games of cribbage with my mother. At 12:42 I then returned to my camp to rest. I had slept until 3:55 before going into the main camp to watch the news before eating dinner with my parents. At 5:15 I then went back to my camp to take a shower. I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day. 

Thursday, August 27, 2020

My weekly visit with my grandmother

 My Thursday morning began at 12:00 a.m. by waking not being able to go back to sleep for the rest of the morning. As I cut back on my seizure medication Clobazam, eventually not taking it at all, my body.  is going through withdrawal from its affects. It was a seizure medication that would make me very tired twenty-four hours a day. After not being able to sleep for five hours, I finally put my feet on the floor getting myself dressed and shaving. Once I had taken my medication, I then left camp at 6:00 with my father, stopping to pick up breakfast along the way. We arrived home at 6:40. Once I had eaten my breakfast, I had gone to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 7:00-9:00 before getting up to take a shower. At 9:20 I then watched television while waiting to leave for the Pearce House where I would meet my mother to pay our weekly visit to my grandmother. At 10:00 the nurse had brought my grandmother outside to an area that we could meet with by keeping our distance with masks on. After our visit we had left the Pierce House at 10:30. My mother then took me to the Chiropractor.. Once I had finished my weekly visit, We then went to Hanaford to to pick up some things. At 12:25 we had left hanaford. We had arrived at camp at 12:45. Once I had a light lunch, I then went into my camp to brush my teeth, I then lied down to rest at 1:20. I had slept until 4:24. I then went into the main camp to eat dinner with my parents. After doing so, I then returned to my camp to take a shower before pulling up my blog at 6:10 to type of my day. 

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Watching three air force helicopters fly over Porter Lake

 My Wednesday morning began at 8:45 a.m. by going into the main camp. Once I had eaten my fruit and drank my hot cocoa, I then had a banana muffin toasted with a bowl of hot cereal. At 9:25 I had returned to my camp to brush my teeth. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:40 I had made my bed before returning to the main camp, to watch some television. At 10:45, I then returned to my camp to do my stoke stretches and back stretches before changes the sheets on my bed. At 11:00 I then swept the floor in my camp before laying down to rest. I had slept from 11:15-3:15 before waking. I then returned to the main camp. While in the main camp at 3:50 I saw three air force helicopters fly over Porter Lake, right in front of our camp. At 4:30 I then ate dinner with my parents. At 4:47 I then returned to my camp to take a shower before pulling up my blog at 5:05 so as to type of my day. 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

I had a seizure today

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. as I was taking my a.m. medication by having a small seizure. By that I mean having symptoms of sour taste in my mouth feeling like vomiting and my camp felt like it was spinning. It lasted five minutes before all was said and done. At 6:47 I then went into the main camp to have tea and a toasted english muffin with just butter on for breakfast. At 7:15 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth and shave. Once I had my eye and nose drops in, I then took in two puffs of air before going back to bed. I was to tiered to do my stretches. If anyone knows what it is like to have a seizure, they can wipe you right out. I had slept until 9:20 before waking. My eyes were still aching. At 9:36 I then went into the main camp. to fix my water jug with some ice and new water. I then returned to my camp to go back to bed. I had slept until 12:15. I had watched then rest of the news before going into the main  camp at 12:30 to have a bite to eat. I then watched mystery shows on the hal mark channel before returning to my camp at 1:22. I then made my bed while listening to my audio books. At 1:22 I then brushed my teeth before pulling out all my medication to fill my empty pill containers for the week. At 2:00 I then lied down to rest once again and slept until 4:40. Once I had taken a shower I had gone into the main camp to eat dinner with my parents. At 5:00 I then returned to my camp to pull up my blog and type of my day.