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Monday, February 4, 2013

Laughter Theropy HA HA HA !!!

I began my Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. by doing my stretching exercises. I then went to the kitchen to eat my breakfast. This morning my father had made me and omlet with toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 6:45 to do my leg exercises with leg weights. At 7:00 I then took my shower thus getting ready for my day ahead. Once I was ready, I then did my speech and breathing exercises. At 8:00 United arrived to take me to WestSide Neourorehabilitation services. I had arrived at WestSide at 9:40. I first had Mellissa the receptionist let me in. I then went downstairs to the kitchen to put my lunch in the refrigerator. I then sat in the gym to wait for my P.T. session to start with Dan at 10:00. Dan had first taken my blood pressure reading 108 over 74. I then walked at 3.2 mph, for nineteen minutes. I then did a minute cool down at 2.6 mph. I had walked in all 1.055 miles. At 10:30 Dan had me in the parallel bars doing leg exercises with leg weights. Dan then took the weights off my legs. I then stood out of the parallel bars and on to the gym floor. doing some standing exercises. Left foot in front of right a couple of inch's apart I stood for 35 seconds. Then right foot in front of left 42 seconds without losing my balance. With my feet together, this is where I shattered all records; two minutes without making a move. At 10:50 I then made my way up to the lobby to wait for this new group I had started this week called laughter theropy group. Once Florena and Deb had come to get me in the lobby, I then gathered with the other clients in the conference room. Matt, Paul, Allissa and I talked with Deb and Florina about laughing on the telephone with a friend, and where laughter theropy groups are held in the community; Portland for example. We also talked about looking on an ipad for laughter sites. We then talked about greeting laughter, looking at super bowl ads on youtube, and yoga Laughter. We then went around the room letting out a few HA HA HA'S. At 12:00 I then went to the kitchen to eat my lunch. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby to wait for Corina to come get me for speech theropy. While with Corina we went over my test results. My left vocal cord is weaker then the right. She then showed me how I should tuck my chin when swollowing food. She also mentioned to alternate when eating. Eat, swallow, take a sip of liquid. At 1:00 Sam from United took me home. I had arrived home at 2:00, thus going straight to bed. I had slept until 4:30. I then got up, took my shower before going out into the kitchen to eat dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then went to my bedroom to blog. I then called it a day at 6:30.

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