My Wednesday morning began at 8:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had scrambled eggs with banana bread. Once I had finished eating, At 9:15 I then did my back stretches before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I had put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then made my bed. Art 9:45 I then did my constant therapy, before doing my typing exercises. At 10:30 United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to Nero Restorative for my therapy. I arrived at 11:30. Once inside the building, I had gone to the client lounge to do some more typing exercises. At 12:00 I then weent to eh dining area to eat lunch. Today was Cafe group day. Today they had made stuffed shells with green beans. For dessert they ha chocolate and vanilla cup cakes decorated with Halloween decorations on them. Once I had finished eating, I then had bingo group with Dan in the sewing room. We played several games where there was an x, t, regular bingo and cover all games plaid. At At 2:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session Dan. We began the session with a walk Using my roleatore. I then went back into the gym to go into the parallel bars to use the bosu ball placing one foot on it with my arms crossed looking left right and up and down. Then switching feet. I then did some side stepping in the parallel bars. I then went on the Nu step for fifteen minutes on level three. At 3:00 I then went to the lobby to meet Calvin from United Wheelchair, so that he can take me home. I arrived home at 4:00. Once inside I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. I then ate dinner. After doing so, I had brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typed of my day.
Riding the Brain Train Toward Recovery
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Graduating from skill to non intensive P.T.
My Tuesday morning began at 5:00 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 5:36 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. Once I had finish eating, I then had brushed my teeth and shaved. After taking a shower and getting dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then made my bed. After doing my back stretches, at 6:30 I then did my constant therapy. After doing my typing exercises, at 7:30 I had grabbed my things and out the the door, I was on my way on United Wheelchair to go to Nero Restorative. Upon my arrival at 8:35 I went to the client lounge to continue to work on my typing exercises. At 9:00 I had gone to Faith"s office for my Recreational therapy session. Today we continued to color in pictures that we drew to put in my book. After do so, we then continued to revise the chapters. At 10:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Assessment with Caryn. I began by walking laps outside the gym in the hallway Using my walker. I then went back into the gym and put on my Hersey sneakers, so as to ride the Nu Step and to do some other exercises. Caron then switched me from skilled to non intensive. Caron then lowered my walker, so as to have me worked on my posture standing up while I am walking. At 11:00 I then went into the craft room. They had put me in craft group with the fall and winter change schedule. At 12:00 I then went to the dining area to eat my lunch. At 1:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:15. After taking a shower and getting comfortable, I then ate my salad. After doing so I then ate my dinner. At 3:45 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Monday, October 26, 2026
Doing my constant therapy
My Monday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:28 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana in it along with an english muffin. At 10:50 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then went on face book to see if anyone was having a birthday today. At 11:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:45 I began to do my typing exercises. After putting some clean laundry away, at 12:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:13 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:20 I had filled my empty pill containers. At 12:57 I then found some words in the Christmas word search my sister bought for my mother and I. At 1:12 I then grabbed my dumbbells to work my upper body. At 1:20 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. After squeezing my handgrips five time for thirty second's each, I then wrapped up my workout with another round of back stretches. At 2:00 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:40. After taking a shower to get comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Saying good-bye
My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit and drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:20 I then had a bowl of cereal with slice of toast. Once I had finished eating, at 6:40 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nosed drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 7:00 I then watche church on television. At 7:30 I then visited with my sister and Dan before they went home. I then went back to bed at 7:45 and slept until 11:25. Once I had made my bed, at 11:34 I then did my back stretches. At 11:50 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:00 I then grabbed my dumbbells and worked my upper body. I then strapped on my ankle weights and did my leg exercises. At 12:10 my mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. After receiving communion, I then did my back stretches. At 12:30 I then had some shrimp and a glass of egg nog. At 12:55 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before sitting down in the formal living room to talk with my mother. At 1:35 I then did my constant therapy. At 1:50 I did my typing exercises. At 2:40 ate my salad. After taking a shower, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Just and easy day at home
My Saturday morning began at 9:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 9:30 I then had some scrambled eggs with corn bread and hash. Once I had finished eating, I then at 10:00 brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then found a word or two on out big Christmas word search my sister ordered fur us on amazon. At 10:20 I then did my back stretches. At 10:32 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 10:35 I had grabbed my dumbbells and began to work my upper body. At 10:40 I had grabbed my hand grips and squeezed them five times for thirty seconds each time. I then strapped on my ankle weights then began to do my leg exercises. At 10:50 I ended my workout with my back stretches. Just as I was ending my workout, a friend had called. We spoke for a while then hung up. At 11:37 I then began to do my constant therapy. I then began to play words with friends while drinking a glass of egg nog. At 2:35 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. After doing so, at 3:00 I then ate dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Friday, October 23, 2026
Taking is easy after a busy and adventurous Thursday
My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:00 I then had a grilled turkey, cheese, tomato, and see-weed sandwich. At 11:25 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 1:33 I then found my daily word in my Christmas word search. At 11:40 I then did my typing practice. At 12:00 I then did my back stretches. At 12:30 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 1:25 I grabbed my dumbbells to do my upper body exercises. At 1:40 I then had strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. At 1:47 I began to do my constant therapy. At 2:00 I then took a shower to get comfortable ffor the rest of the day before eating my salad. After eating my dinner, I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Going to the Great Falls Forum to see Amy Stacy Curtis perform
My Thursday morning began at 8:15 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking acup of hot cocoa. At 8:30 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana, along with a slice of cinnamon toast. Once I had finished eating at 8:45 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready fro the day, I then did my back stretches. At 9:30 I then did my typing and constant therapy exercises. Ethen soon left the house for Nero Restorative. Upon my arrival I left Nero Restorative to go see Amy Stacy Curtis sing and tell her story in the book she wrote "How my brain saved my life twice." She had most of the audience in tears including myself. At the end of her performance, Amy and I spoke and exchanged book. She have hers and I gave her a copy of my book, " Running Fromm Lightning. After the performance Bridget was. There to take me back to Nero Restorative. I then went to Bridget office. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Angela, she and I talked about being part of the Great Falls Forum. We also took a picture of myself holding Amy Stacy Curtises book and book mark and posting on Face Book. I also wrote a poem to go with the picture. I then wrote a post on instagram. I then went home. Upon my arrival home at 4:00 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:35 I then ate my salad before eating my dinner. At 5:18 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.