Feeling under the weather

 My Friday morning began at 8:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot  tea. After doing so I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a slice of toast. At 9::20 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:35 I then made my bed. At 9:50  I began to do my back stretches. At 10:05 I then worked my upper body doing the weight exercises that I learned during my O.T. session with Natalie. At 10:20 I then finished my workout, I then lied down to rest and slept until noon. I then watched the news until 12:30 before going out into the kitchen just to stretch my legs. At 12:47 I then read an article before making my bed. At 1:13 I then put my clean laundry away before eating some cottage cheese with jam mixed in with a cup of hot tea. I have never had ear aches and a sore throat this bad, I can not remember when. At 1:20 I then I then brushed my teeth before doing a page in my sticker book. I then put a warm cloth up against each ear to relieve the pain. It worked! Not for long though. At 3:20 I then shaved and took a shower before going into the kitchen to eat a hot bowl of soup. AHHHH, SO GOOD. At 4:30 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Filling my empty pill containers

My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. I then at 10:32 had an egg, with a potato pancake, a slice of ham, with a slice of toast with a peace of a banana. Once I had finished eating, I then at 11:00 a.m. returned to my bedroom to make my bed and brush my teeth. At 11:04 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air with my inhaler. At 11:20 I had filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. After doing so, I had called the pharmacy to order a script that I was running low on. At 12:00 I began to do my back stretches. After doing so, I then shaved. At 12:30 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to do my weight exercises. At 12:45 I began to do my stroke stretches. At 1:25 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:55. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I went into the kitchen at 4:20 to eat a bowl of corn chowder for dinner. At 4:45 I then returned to my bedroom to go to my e-mail to find my next week WestSide schedule. Once I had wrote it down on a piece of paper, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

working out in the parallel bars during P.T.

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by doing my back and stroke stretches. I then went into the kitchen at 6:30 to eat my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. After doing so, at 6:45 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a slice of toast. At 7:00 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 7:10 I then made my bed before taking a shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed in my sweats I then did my weight exercises that I learned with Natalie during O.T. At 8:00 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was on my way to WestSide. I arrived at 9:40. I sat in the lobby until 10:00 before making my way to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. I began the session on the Nu Step peddling for twenty minutes on level one. At 10:30 Dan had me in the parallel bars doing leg raises then balancing exercises while standing on the erix mat. Dan then had me side stepping. At 11:00 I then went to Milo's office for my counseling session to talk about the weeks events..At 12:00 I went to the lobby to meat the United Driver who would be taking me home. I arrived home at 1:15. Once I had a light lunch, I returned to my bedroom at 1:255 to brush my teeth. I then lied down at 1:30 and slept until 3:30. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 3:57 to eat dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 444:445 to blog of my day. 

Transportation and WestSide closing at noon do to a snow storm

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then I had a ham and cheese omelet with a slice of toast and cole slaw. At 6:00 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 6:15 I then made my bed before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, at 6:40 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:30 I then left for WestSide. At 8:50 I had arrived at WestSide. I sat in the lobby for ten minutes before going to Sam's office for recreational therapy. She and I first played a game of chess. After doing so we then played a few games of scat before I went to Natalie's office for my Occupational Therapy Session. Natalie first had me do something called a beed search. This is where you hide beads in thera puddy and you use your effected hand from having a stoke to try to strengthen it. At 10:35 we then went to the gym so that she could show me new weight exercises. At 11:00 during my P.T. session with Dan I first went twenty minutes on the new steps on level one. After going .80 miles I then went into the parallel bars to side step onto a block working on weight shifting. I then did some side stepping holding on to the bars for balance. Transportation closed at 12:00 noon, so everyone went home. That is when I was scheduled to go home anyway. It was slow going arriving home at 1:30. After some cottage cheese with jam mixed in with it, I returned to my bed bedroom at 1:45 to brush my teeth. I then lied down to rest at 1:50 and slept until 4:00. After taking a shower, I went into the kitchen at 4:40 to have a bowl of corn chowder with a biscuit. At 5:00 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Eating pea soup for brunch

My Monday morning began at 9:40 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a up of tea. After doing so, I then at 10:44 had a bowl of pea soup with a toasted biscuit for brunch. At 10:20 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 10:45 I then made my bed before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler at 10:55 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:20 I then put some clean laundry away before working my upper body by doing my weight exercises. At 11:25 I then grabbed my hand grips and began to strengthen my hands. At 11:30 I then started doing my stroke stretches. Once I finished my workout, I then did my sticker book for thirty minutes before watching the news at noon. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:19. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog at 3:40 and typed of my day before eating dinner. 

A silent Sunday

My Sunday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 9:48 I then had a can of sardines with a toasted biscuit for breakfast. Once I had finished eating, at 10:20 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. After doing so, I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 10:40 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:05 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:15 I then watched church on line. At 11:50  I then shaved before cleaning my bathroom. At 12:25 I then did my back stretches again. After doing so, I filled my empty pill containers for the weak ahead. At 1:10 I lied down to rest. i slept until 4:17 before taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening. At 11:35 I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. At 5:11 I returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Watching storm center while doing my sticker book

 My Saturday morning began at 10:15 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After a bowl of cereal and a toasted english muffin with jam, I then returned to my bedroom to at 11:50 to brush my teeth and put my eye and nose drops in. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, I then made my bed. At 11:15 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:35 I then continued with my stroke stretches. At 11:50 I then grabbed my weights and began to work my upper body. At 11:55 I then finished my workout. At 12:00 I then watched storm center while doing my sticker book. At 12:55 I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:00. After taking a shower an was comfortable for the evening. I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. After doing so, at 5:22 I watched Sunday Mass. 

writing down my WestSide schedule off of my email for next week

 My Friday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:20 I then had some peach cobbler At 10:30 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. At 10:45 I put in my eye and nose drops. I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then put some clean laundry away. After writing out my next weeks WestSide schedule off my email, at 11:20 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:40 I then continued with my stroke stretches. At 11:46 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to do my weight exercises. At 11:50 I then finished my workout. At 12:00 I watched the news at noon before laying down to rest at 12:30 and slept until 33:00. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 3:30 to eat dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 4:30 to blog of my day. 

Calling WestSide for my schedule

 My Thursday morning began at 9:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:00 I then had a dropped egg on toast with some cut up tomato. At 10:30 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. After putting in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 10:45 I then made my bed. At 11:00 I called WestSide to leavve a message with my physical therapist about the time we during the day and to leave it at that time. At 11:05 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:30 I began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:35 I grabbed. my dumbbells to do my weight exercises. At 11:40 I had read an article after finishing my workout. At 12:00 I then watched the news before calling WestSide to email me my schedule for next weeks therapies. At 12:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:20. After shaving and taking shower and was comfortable for the evening, I went into the kitchen at 4:00 to eat dinner. Once I had finished doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:30 to blog of my day. 

Writing a letter to a Friend

My Wednesday morning began at 9:50 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a hot cup of apple cider while eating my fruit. I then had two meatballs and sauce on top of a toasted biscuit. Once I had finished eating, I then at 10:20 returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and make my bed. At 10:40 I then shaved before sitting down to write a letter to a couple that I am friends with who's kids I went to school with. At 11:45 I then put some clean laundry away before doing my back stretches. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 1:15 I continued to do my back stretches. At 1:40 I lied down to rest and slept until 3:30. I. then took a shower and got comfortable for the evening. At 4:00 I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:45 to blog of my day. 

Learning new exercises during O.T. with Natalie

My Tuesday morning began at 5:20 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 5:52 to brush my teeth and shave. At 6:05 I began to do my back stretches. At 6:25 I then took a shower and got dressed for the day ahead. At 6:45 I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I sat down to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. I was finally on my way at 7:30 arriving at WestSide at 8:440. At 9:00 I went to Sam's office for my recreational therapy session. Today Sam and I played two games of chess. We then went on line to see how many books that I have sold. Eighty-three, that is a good number of books sold. We then spoke about writing up a presentation write up for brain injury education group. At 10:00 I then had my O.T. session with Natalie. We first worked with the hand grips. Natalie then had me do the peg test where I am timed tutting pegs into a board and taking them out. Natalie and I then went to the gym to use weights. While using them she showed me some exercises to strengthen My arms. Natalie then let me know that I have clones in my arm. She them had me write my A B C' s. we then went to the gym to do weight exercises. At 11:00 During my P.T. session with Dan I first went twenty minutes on the Nu Step. At 1:05 I then went home. I arrived home at 1:05. Once inside I had a bowl of pea soup. I then went to my bedroom to brush my teeth and lay down to rest and slept from 1:35-4:15. After taking a shower at 4:40 I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. At 5:15 I then received a call from WestSide letting me know that they will be closed tomorrow do to the storm. At 5:15 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

A visit to the chiropractor

My Monday morning began at 9:50 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:30 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with piece of toast. At 10:45 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and make my bed. At 11:10 I then shaved before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:20 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:40 I then began to do my stroke stretches. Once I finished my stretches, I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then took a shower and got dressed for the afternoon. At 1:15 I then sat down to watch t.v. while waiting to leave. At 1:45 I had left the house with my father to go to the chiropractor. Upon our arrival at 2:15 I had to fill out forms before receiving my adjustment. At 2:33 we had left the chiropractor. We arrived home at 2:45. Once inside the  house, I went strait to my bedroom and slept from   3:10-4:22. I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. At 5:00 I had put some laundry away blogging of my day. 

Listening to my audio book while I did my stretches

My Sunday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot strawberry chocolate cocoa. After doing so, I then had half of an english muffin with jam along with and egg with some rice. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:57 to brush my teeth. After making my bed, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then listened to my audio book while doing my back and stoke stretches. At 11:35 I had shaved before filling my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 12:25 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 12:55 I then returned to my bedroom to lay down to rest. I slept until 3:00 before waking and taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:00 I then went into the kitchen to have a bowl of pea soup with a crescent roll for dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:05 to blog of my day. 

Doing my stretches

My Saturday morning began at 9:50 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I had a grilled salami and cheese sandwich with a quarter of a banana on the side. At 10:10 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. At 10:25 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. Once I had made my bed and shaved, at 10:50 I then dusted the furniture in my bedroom. At 11:05 I then put some clean laundry away before sitting down to read an article. At 12:05  I began to do my back stretches followed by my stoke stretches. At 12:40 I began to watch Sunday Mass. At 1:15 Mass ended, I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 3:15 to eat a plate of spaghetti for dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:26 to blog of my day. 

I had a seizure today and received a letter from a friend with some good news!

 My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had some salami, a scrambled egg, toasted english muffin with jam, with a slice of banana. Once I had finished eating, at 10:55 I then returned to my bedroom at 10:55 to brush my teeth. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 11:10 I had what felt like a seizure, followed by a migraine headache in the back of my head. so I lied down to rest. I also had this sick feeling in my stomach, dizzy, blurry vision, that lasted about then seconds, followed by the headache in the back of my head. I then took two tylenol and lied down to rest at 12:00. After watching the news at noon, I slept from 12:30-3:10. I then read a mass card from a friend who is my parents generation who use to live down the street from us. I had sent her a book that I wrote, "Running From Lightning." She then let me know in a letter that she bought won for each of her five daughters. Wow what a sale! I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening and shaved before going into the kitchen to eat dinner at 4:00. I then returned to my bedroom at 444:40 to brush my teeth and blog of my day. 

Acalm day a home

My Thursday morning began at 7:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with a toasted muffin. At 8:20 I then returned to my bedroom to get dressed for the day. I then returned to the kitchen to start the dish washer. At 8:30 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. Once I put in my eye and nose drops, I took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:45 I had made my bed before starting in with my back stretches. At 9:13 I began to do my stroke stretches. Once I had finished my workout, I sat down at 9:30 to fill my empty pill containers. At 99:40 I then shaved before sitting down to work on my sticker book. At 12:00 I then watched the news, as I was doing so, my mother arrived home from work. At 12:10 I then had a bowl of soup while I was watching the news. At 12:30 I then brushed my teeth then lied down to rest. I slept until 3:30. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog and type of my day. 

My legs getting very week

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana with a toasted muffin. At 77:00 I then brushed my teeth. At 7:05 I began to do my back stretches. At 7:15 I then continued with my stroke stretches. At 7:16 I then shaved and took a shower. At 7:35 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, i then sat down to wait for my ride. At 8:30 I was on my way to WestSide. Upon my arrival at 10:00, I made my way down to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. Dan first strapped a gate-belt around my waist before stepping into the parallel bars. I then began to do some leg raises. Dan then had me ride the nu step for five minutes. To end the session I did a little walking. Very little though, for my legs being so week. At 11:00 I then meet with Milo for my counseling session. Once we finished talking about certain things, I then went to the lobby at 12:00 to me the United Driver who would be taking me home. It was Bob. I like riding with him, he is a hoot. He. makes me laugh. I arrived home at 1:21. After a bowl of soup and glass of egg nog, I then went to my bedroom at 1:35 to get comfortable, brush my teeth, then lay down to rest. I slept from 1:40-3:40 before waking. After taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 5:00 to brush my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

An appointment at Inland Hospital to meet with my ostiopath Dr. Poulin

My Tuesday morning began at :10 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a sticky bun for breakfast. At 7:35 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 7:47 I then took a shower and got dressed for the day ahead. Once I had my eye and nose drops in, I took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:00 I then made my bed. I then watched t.v. while waiting to leave for the Doctors. At 9:00 I then left for Waterville with my father where my ostiopath is who works on my head to relieve the pain since my concussions. At 10:20 we arrived at Inland hospital. Dr. Jessica Poulin took me right off for my treatment. Once the therapy was finished on my head, my father and I left the hospital. Once our way home we stopped at Tri Pond Variety to pick up a bite to eat. We arrived home at 11:40. After a cookie and some milk, I went to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept from 12:30-3:00 before taking a shower. Once I was comfortable for the evening, I pulled up my blog at 3:30 and typed of my day.  

Happy New Year 2024

 I began my first day of 2024 on this Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. I then had two homemade sticky buns for breakfast. At 10:10 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. At 10:25 I began to do my back stretches. At 10:50 I then did my stroke stretches. At 11:00 I then took the sheets off of my bed, I then made it with clean sheets. At 11:25 I put my sheets and the rest of my laundry into one of the pillow cases, I then put some clean laundry away. At 11:35 I  then watched some of the New Year's Day parade while doing my sticker book. At 11:40 I then shaved before watching the news at noon. At 12:30 I had lied down to rest and slept until 2:45. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 3:00 to eat dinner. After eating a plait of spaghetti and meatballs, I then returned to my bedroom at 3:40 to blog of my day.