Doing my swallowing exercises

 My Sunday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:46 I then had peanut-butter and honey on two slices of toast. Once I had finished eating, At 11:15 I then shaved before starting in with my constant therapy. At 11:50 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:00 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 12:10 I began to do my thera band exercises, so as to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:16 I then used my hand grips sweeping them for thirty seconds for three times. At 12:35 I then did my typing exercises. At 12:47 I strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:57 I then took a brake while drinking a cold beverage. While doing so, I did a word search puzzle. I then did my swallowing exercises. At 1:15 I then grabbed my five pound dumbbells, so as to begin doing my upper body workout. At 1:35 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week. At 1:50 I then called the pharmacy to have script filled. I then continued to a word search. At 2:25 I had eaten my salad. After taking a shower, I then ate my dinner. At 3:47 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Sitting in the formal living room talking with my mother

 My Saturday morning began at 3:30 a.m. by taking two Tylenol. I was having pain in my right leg from my ankle up my knee. I then went back to sleep until 6:00. After taking my seizure medication, I then went back to sleep until 10:00. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider, I then had an egg mixed in with some chicken stuffing casserole. Once I had finished eating, at 11:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then shaved. At 11:00 I began to do my constant therapy until 11:45. I then began to do my typing test. At 12:10 I then did my back stretches. After doing the stretches that I had learned after my stroke, I then at 12:28began to do my thera band exercises. At 12:35 I had used my hand grips, squeezing them for thirty second in each hand for three times. At 12:40 I then straps on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:50 my father gave me a hair cut. At 1:20 I then sat in the formal living room to talk with my mother. AT 1:40 I then returned to my bedroom to work my upper using my dumbbells. At 1:48 I then ended my workout by doing another set of back stretched. At 1:56 I had filled my empty pill container. At 2:30 I then began to do a word search. At 2:55 I then took a shower to get comfortable for the evening. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Checking my e-mail for next weeks schedule

 My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cider. At 10:38 I then had two french toast with some banana. Once I had finished eating, I then at 11:00 had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:15 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:44 I then began to do my back stretches. At 11:55 I then started to do my stretches that I have been doing since have my stroke. At 12:00 noon I then watched the news. At 12:30 I then shaved before doing my thera band exercises. At 12:50 I had used my hand grips, gripping them for thirty seconds three times. At 12:55 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 1:00 i then grabbed my five pound dumbbells to do my upper body workout. At 1:10 I then ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:22 I began to do my typing exercises. At 1:35 I then worked on my book. At 2:00 I then checked my e-mail to copy my next weak's therapy schedule at Neurorestorative. At 2:25 I then had eaten my salad. At 3:21 I then ate my dinner. At 4:00 I then took a shower so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:22 I then blogged of my day. 

A visit with my primary care doctor

 My Thursday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of oatmeal with bananas with a slice of cinnamon toast. Once I had finished eating, at 6:20 I then made my bed. At 6:21 I had brushed my teeth and shaved. At 6:30 I then did my back stretches. After taking a shower and was dressed for the day ahead at 6:45 I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking int two puffs of air with my inhaler,  I soon left the house with my father to go see my primary care doctor, Dr. Munch to have the area where I wear my A.F.O. Checked. We arrived at the doctor's office at 8:15 for my 8:30 appointment. Once I had meet with the nurse, I then meet with Dr. Munch. Once she had checked the area in which I wear my A.FO. She then made her recommendations, so as what I should do next. I soon left the doctor's office. Upon my arrival home at 10:20, I then put on something more comfortable on. After doing so, I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:00 I then began to do my typing exercises. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:22. After taking a showers, an was comfortable fro the evening, at 3:47 I then had a salad before eating my dinner. At 4:15 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Meeting with Sam

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot coco whiles eating some fruit. After eating a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin, I then At 9:30 I 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 did my back stretches. At 10:30 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 11:45 United Wheelchair had arrived to take my to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:15, I sat in the lobby for fifteen minutes before going to Carinas office for speech therapy. Once she had me connected to the e-stem, she then turned it on as I began to eat. As I was eating she slowing turned the amps up, and I am able to tolerate higher level each and every session. At 1:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session wit Dan. We began our session by walking three laps around the hallway. We then went back into the gym and I then rode the Nu Step for fifteen minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie we met with Sam from the division of the blind. Today we discussed filling pill containers, so as not to drop pills on the floor. Sam brought in trays to put my pills in to try. At 3:00 I then left to go home. Upon my arrival home at 4:30 I went strait to the chiropractors to get my back adjusted. After doing so, I arrived home at 5:45. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 6:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Happy St. Patricks Day 2026

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating a bowl of cereal with a slice of homemade bread with peanut-butter. The power went out early this morning and it was still out, so I had a limited choice on what to eat. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking  in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 7:30 I began to do my constant therapy. United Wheelchair had soon arrived and I was on my way. I had arrived at Neuro Restorative at 9:15. I sat in the client lounge fro thirty minutes before going to the sewing room for reading group. Today Faith had us reading a story titled "Three-minutes and twenty-seven seconds on the score board clock." We stopped and discussed it every so often. At 10:30 I then went over to the gym for my P.T. Session with Caryn and Dan. They were both free, so Caryn did her assessment while Dan took a video of us for Neuro Restorative. At 11:15 during Brain Injury Education Group today with Faith and Abby, we reviewed the parts of the brain and what they do. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, I continued to increase my typing speed and accuracy accuracy. We then went into a typing program so that I could learn how to use it. At 12:30 during my speech session with Carina we continued to work with the e-stem, so as to reduce my choking and to improve my swallowing. At 1:23 I went to the lobby to meet the United Driver who would by taking me home. I had arrived home at 2:23. Feeling tired, I had lied down to rest and slept until 4:00. After taking a shower and getting comfortable fro the evening, I then ate dinner. At 5:00 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Writng about the first time I skied with a boom during O.T.

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had cinnamon toast with a bowl of cereal. At 7:00 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 7:25 I then did my back and stroke stretches. At 7:46 I then did my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then took the sheets off of my bed. At 8:30 I then made my bed with clean sheets. I soon was on my way to Nero Restorative for my daily therapy. Upon my arrival at 10:30 I had gone down to the conference room for writing group. Today I wrote a poem. At 10:15 I then had my O.T. Session with Angela. Today she had me answer a question relating to the interview that I am working on for Neuro Restorative. I wrote it about the first time I  water skied using a boom and giving an explanation on how it used. Angela and I then worked on putting the video together. At 12:00 I had a break, so I went to the client lounge to do my typing test. At 12:30 I then went to Carina's Office for my speech therapy session. Once she had me hooked up to the e-stem, I began to eat my lunch. At 1:00 during  painting group with Daniel I began to paint a new painting. At 2:00 during my recreational therapy session with Faith, she and I continued to draw pictures to cover chapters in my book. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 4:30. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I then ate my salad. At 5:15 I then ate my dinner. At 5:45 I then pulled up my blog and of my day. 

A visit with my sister

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched Sunday mass until 7:30. I then went back to sleep until 11:00. Once I had my fruit and a cup of hot coca, at 11:08 I then I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a slice of toast. At 11:23 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:33 I had made my bed. At 11:40 I began do my back stretches. At 11:50 I then did the stretches that I have doing since having my stroke. At 12:00 my mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. At 12:10 I then began to do my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:30 I then did my Mendeshem swallows five of them holding for five seconds. At 12:33 I then used my hand grips, gripping them for thirty seconds for five time. At 12:40 I then studied the parts of the brain and their functions. At 1:20 I spoke to a friend while drinking some Lemon aid. At 2:00 I then did a word search for thirty second before going into the formal living room to talk with my parents and sister. At 2:50 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:15 I then sat down to eat dinner with my parents and sister. At 3:45 I then brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.  

Studding the brain lobes

 My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by making my bed. At 10:40 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:53 I had some home-fries with a scrambled egg, and half of an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 11:34 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 12:00 did my back stretches. At 12:15 I had shaved before doing my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:30 I then used my hand grips At 12:40 I ended my workout by doing my back stretches one more time. At 1:00 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:05 I then did my typing test. At 1:20 I had done ten Mendelsohn Menevner swallows, holding each one for five seconds. At 1:30 I then studied the lobes and there functions for Brian Injury Education group. At 1:40 I then continued to study I continued to study brain lobes. At 2:00 I had worked on my book. At 2:45 I then took a shower to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:00 I then blogged of my day before eating dinner. 

Watching a movie on netflix

 My Friday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 10:52 I then had a banana sandwich with Nutella and peanut-butter. At 11:10 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 at 11:15 made my bed. At 11:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:20 I then shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:38 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:45 I began to do my thera band exercises so as to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:52 I then used my hand grips to strengthen my hands. At 12:56 I then I had grabbed my five pound dumbbells and began to do my weight workout. At 1:00 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 1:05 I had ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:15 I had filled my empty pill containers. At 1:33 I then did my typing test to improve my typing speed. At 2:00 I then watched a movie on Netflix. At 2:27 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 2:50 I then ate my salad before eating my dinner. Once I had finished eating, at 4:12 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Squeezing my handgrips for thirty seconds without them shaking

 My Thursday morning began at 10:26 a.m, by making my bed. I then had a cup of tea while eating my fruit. At 10:42 I then two slices of toast with fluff and peanut-butter along with half of a banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:00 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 at 11:15 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:30 I had shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:45 I then used my hand grips holding them tight as possible for thirty seconds without them shaking five times strait. At 12:50 I began to do my thera band exercises strengthening  my arms and legs. At 1:05 I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my legs exercises. I then grabbed my dumbbell's to work my upper body, doing two reps of ten for each exercise. At 1:10 I then ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:25. Once I woke, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:45 I had eaten a salad before eating my dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed my day. 

Another great work out

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At. 9:07 I then had a slice of toast with some omelet and some banana. Once I had finished eating, I then at 9:45 had brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then did my back stretches. After making my bed, At 11:00 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was soon on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:10 I went to the client lounge to wait for my speech therapy session with Carina. I soon made it to her office at 12:30 Once Carina had the electrodes connected to parts of my throat I soon began to eat as Carina raised the level of intensity slowly. I made it up to level five today, giving a little jump as the voltage raised a little higher. Once I had finished eating, I then practiced taking my pills in pudding instead of with water. Amazingly enough they went down better. After speech I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. We started the session by walking three laps. I then went back into the gym to ride the Nu step on level 3 for fifteen minutes. I then went into the parallel  bars to do some leg exercises While in the parallel bars I also stepped up onto a block from a mat so as to practice shifting my weight. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, she and I I first did ten sessions on how to get to typing .com. At3;00 I THEN WENt home. UPON MY ARRIVALAT 3;15 I had eaten my dinner, taken my shower and blogged of my day.

Taking a brain quiz

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 6:07 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a slice of toast. At 6:30 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After taking a shower and was dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I began to do my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then grabbed my things and jumped into the United Wheelchair van, "Not Literally" and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. At 9:30 I had arrived. At 9:45 we had to join groups and did some brain trivia with Caryn and Dan. At 10:30 I then had P.T. With Dan. I began the session by walking 420 feet with Dan. I then road the Nu Step for fifteen minutes going .75 miles. Dan had me go into the parallel bars. After doing leg exercise's in the parallel bars, at 11:15 I then went to the conference room for Brain Injury Education Group with Lauri and Alicia. Today we reviewed parts of the brain. This month is also Brain Injury awareness month and there is a resource fair going on. We then took a brain quiz. At 12:00 During O.T. Session with Laurie we made a cheat sheet for my pass words for my e-mails. We then made in more visible for my typing program. At 1:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair Driver who would be taking me home. It was Ron. At 1:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:17 After taking a shower and comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 3:05 I had pulled up my blog  and typed of my day. 

Wring a poem during writing group

 Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 5:40 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana along with a toasted english muffin with jam and peanut-butter. At 6:55 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking my shower. After putting in my eye and nsoe drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:50 I began to do my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then took the sheets off of my bed and made it with clean sheets. At 8:30 United Wheelchair had arrived, so I had grabbed my things and out the door I went. I at Neuro Restorative at 10:15. At 10:30 I had going to the conference room for writing group with Carina. Today I wrote a poem. At 11:15 during my O.T. Session with Angela, I had answered a question for, Taylor for my video. I then wrote an entry and it to Tayler in an e-mail. At 12:00 I then had a half hour break before my speech therapy session with Carina at 12:30. Once the Once I was set up I began to eat my lunch. I then began to swallow choking as usual. Carina turned up the level of the e-stem as I continued to eat. At 1:15 during painting group with Faith I continued to paint the picture that I was working on. During my recreational therapy session with Faith  we continued to draw pictures to put in my book. At At 3:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair driver who would be taking me home. I arrived home at 4:30. Once inside I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:45 I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Connecting with my cousin Dawn

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched Sunday Mass until 7:30. I then went back to sleep, and slept until 11:10. I just can't beat this medication that I take for my seizure and headaches. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:21 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with toasted english muffin with jam and peanut-butter. At 11:50 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 at 12:08 began to do my back stretches. At 12:21 I then started to do the stretches that I have been doing since have my stroke. At 12:35 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 12:50 I then called the pharmacy to order a script that I was running low on. At 12:56 I then shaved At 12:05 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:25 I then started to do my thera band workout, strengthening my arms and legs. I then ended my workout by doing another round of back stretches. At 2:00 my workout was complete. I then called my cousin Dawn and left a message. At 2:43 I had taken a shoer, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. AT 3:10 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Keeping in shape

 My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cider. At 10:45 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana, along with a toasted biscuits with jams spread on them. At 11:00 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 made my bed. At 11:25 A friend had called. We spoke briefly, I then at 11:40 began to do my constant theapy. At 12:21 I had began to do my back stretches. At 12:30 I then shaved before using my Gand grips. At 12:50 I began to do my thera band workout. Strengthening my arms and legs. I then began to work my upper body with my five pound dumbbells. I then strapped on my ankle weights to work my legs. I ended my workout out by doing my back stretches one more time. After doing Mendel on stretches for my throat to help my swallowing, At 2:25 I lied down to rest. I slept until 3:30 before waking and taking a shower. Once I was comfortable for the evening, at 3:55 I then had eaten a salad. After doing so, I had eaten my dinner. At 5:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Another day of exercises mind and body

 My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. I then had three pancakes along with a banana on the side. At 11:15 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:24 I then made my bed before shaving. At 11:50 I then did my back stretches. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon while doing the stretches that I learned after having my stroke. At 12:13 I had used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises. At 12:25 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. I then grabbed my five pound dumbbells and began to do my weight exercises. I then ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 12:50 I then began to do my back stretches. At 12:50 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 1:18 I then began to do my typing exercises. At 1:45 I had watched a movie on Netflix. At 2:40 I had eaten a salad before eating my dinner. At 4:00 I then took my shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:25 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.

Meeting with Laurie my O.T. And Sam from the Division of the Blind

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 9:05 I then had three pancakes with a slice of banana. At 9:22 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, I then put my eye and nose drops in. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 10:07 I then did my back stretches. At 11:30 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. Along the way we had to take a detour  do to an accident. A truck had rolled over on to its side. By the time had arrived to therapy it had cut half way into my speech session with Carina, so we just practiced the Mendelian swallow. At 1:00 during my P.T. Session with Dan We began by walking to laps around the gym in the hallway. I then rode the Nu Step  for fifteen minutes. Dan then had go into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. At 2:00 during my O.t. Session with Laurie, she and met with Sam from the Division to the Blind and visually impaired. She had showed us a specific lamp with different stages of lighting to help people with visual impairments along with some other things. At 3:00 I then left for home arriving home at 4:30. I then went straight to the chiropractors to get my back adjusted. Upon my arrival, I had it adjusted and was soon on my way home. At 4:30 I had arrived home, ate my dinner, got comfortable for the evening and blogged of my day. 

Talking to Laurie during my O.T. Session about my up coming meeting with Sam my case manager from the Division of the Blind

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:13 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with some sliced banana in it along with a toasted english muffin and a glass of orange juice. Once I had finished eating, I then made my bed. At 6:30 I had brushed my teeth and shaved before taking my shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I had put my eye and nose drops in, I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:30 I then did my back stretches At 9:15 United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to Neuro Restorative in Lewiston. Upon my arrival at 9:15, I had a half hour to wait before my my first therapy. At 9:45 I then went to the sewing room for reading group with Faith. Today we read two short story's an discussed them. The first one was titled "Take my hand." And the next one was, "Lily's place." At 10:15 I made my way into the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. After fifteen minutes on the Nu Steps on level two for fifteen minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. At 11:15 during B.I.E. Group with Faith and Alicia in the conference room. We spoke about the types of jobs at Neuro Restorative and who are the people there that fill the shoes in that position. At 12:00 I then went to Lauries office for my O.T. Session. Today Laurie and I first spoke about my meeting with Sam next week. She is my case manager from the division of the blind. We then worked on a typing cheat sheet to help me remember passwords and e-mail. To get into my typing programs. At 12:30 I then had speech with Carina. Once the e-stem was connected, I began to eat my lunch. Today we recorded a video of me doing it for the slide show Neuro Restorative is doing about me. Once I had finished eating and I was done for the e-stem, I then brushed my teeth, I then went home at 1:10. I arrived home at 2:27. Once inside my room, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. After eating my salad, I then ate my dinner. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

E-mailing the the lady in charge of my video

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:42 I then had a cheese and ham omelet.with a slice of toast. Once I had finished eating, I then at 7:00 a.m. brushed my teeth and shaved. Once I had taken a shower, and was 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 did my constant therapy. At 9:00 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was soon on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 10:20 a.m. I sat in the client lounge fro ten minuets. Before going to the conference room for writing group with Caryn. The group showed her the books that we are writing. At 11:15 during my O.T. Session with Angela  we e-mailed lady that is charge of the video that I am putting together, "The day and the life of Troy." Starting from the things that I do first thing in the morning. My exercise routine, to the things that I do in P.T. O.T. Speech , and Recreation therapy's We then spoke about orientation of selfy mode on my Tablet. And structure for video. Which way my tablet. At 1:00 during painting group with Mindy I began to paint a new painting. At 2:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 3:30. After taking a shower and I was comfortable for the evening, I had eaten my salad before eating my dinner. At 4:30 I then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day.  

Reading My Lenten Companion

My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched church until 7:30 before going back to sleep. I had slept until 11:00 before getting up to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 11:10 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with English muffin with jams spread on them. Once I had finished eating, At 11:30 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:57 I then made my bed. At 12:10 I then did my upper weight exercises. At 12:20 I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. At 12:25 I then used my hand grips, At 12:30 my mother had arrived home from church and gave me communion. I then read my Lenten Companion, a book with prayers to read every day during lent. At 1:00 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:40 I then shaved before filling my empty pill container. At 2:07 I then did my back stretches. At 2:20 I began to do my typing exercises. At 3:10 I then took a shower to get comfortable for the evening before eating my salad. At 3:45 I then ate my dinner. After doing so, I had brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog at 4:35 and typing of my day. 

MM MM HOME MADE PIZZA

 My Saturday morning bean at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:45 I had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin with jams. At 11:10 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 made my bed. At 11:28 I hen began to do my back stretches. At 11:40 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 11:45 I then did my thera band exercises to work my arms and legs. At 12:00 I then used my hand grips. At 12:12 I had shaved before filling my empty pill containers. At 1:00 I lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, At 3:25 I then ate my salad. At 4:55 I then blogged of my day, before eating homemade pizza for dinner. 

Doing my stretches

 My Friday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by making my bed. I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:34 I then had a scrambled egg sandwich with some banana on the side. Once I had finished eating, at 10:50 I had brushed my teeth. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:00 I then did my constant therapy. At 11:20 I then did my back stretches. At 11:45 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 11:50 I then had used my hand grips. After doing my thera band exercises, I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I had shaved. At 12:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After taken a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day before eating dinner. 

My brain was on overload

 My  Thursday morning began at 1:30 a.m. by waking to a bad headache. After taking to tylenols, I then went back to sleep until 6:00 a.m. After taking my medication, I then went back to sleep until 10:20. Once I had made my bed, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:40 I had eaten three english muffin half's along with some banana. At 11:00 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:17 I then shaved. At 11:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest. The workout I had in P.T. Yesterday was a little bit too much. I pushed myself over the limit. It was not that my body could not perform, It was my brain was on overload. At 3:15 I woke and took a shower. At 3:45 I then pulled up blog and typed of my day. 

Popping Balloons during O.T.

 My Wednesday morning began at 8:53 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, at 9:00 I then had and english muffin with a bowl of cereal with banana. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 9:40 I then took my shower so as to get ready for my day ahead. Once I was dressed, at 9:50 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. After making my bed, at 11:30 I had grabbed my things and I then jumped quickly into the United Wheelchair van and was on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:30, I went into Carinas office for my speech therapy session. Once she had connected the estem wires to my throat, I began to eaten lunch, as she turned up the level of the tensity as I ate. While I was eating, she had me practicing the Mendel sum Maneuver to help me swallow. She then told me to practice five times daily. She then e-mailed me the procedure. At 1:15 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. We began the session by walking 720 feet. We then went back into the gym and Dan had me on the Nu Step cycling for fifteen minutes on level two. I then went into the parallel bars with my feet together Dan had me reaching for a cone hat was place on a tennis racket. The goal was not to lose my balance. I then spoke to Angela about the phots that have to be taken of me and she said as many as possible video or clips. She had not spoke to the lady who is putting this together. At 2:15 I then during my O.T. Session with Lauri, we worked on my typing speed while she showed me a new program to use. A balloon key board jump. I soon left for home. I arrived home at 4:45. After taking a shower, I then ate dinner. At 5:40 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Doing the tandem stance during P.T.

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:15 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana, and a slice of toast. At 6:30 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before doing my back stretches. Once I had finished my stretches, I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed for the day, I had put in my eye and nose drops After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 7:10 I began to do my constant therapy. At 7:30 I then took the sheets off my bed, thus making it with clean sheets. At 8:00 I then grabbed my things as United Wheelchair had arrived and I was soon on my way to Neurorestorative. Upon my arrival at 9:00 I had waited fifteen minutes in the lobby before going to the conference room for reading group with Faith. Today we read a short story about "Sunset in Milan. We stopped to discuss every now an then, which is the hardest part for me with my short term memory loss. At 10:30 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. I first walked 425 feet before going back into the gym to ride the Nu Step. After fifteen minutes of cycling, I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. I first did some stepping up onto this block of wood and holing my foot there for thirty seconds. I then switched feet off and on. I then put my feet in a modified tandem stance and held this 6position for so many minutes. At 1:15 I then went to the conference room for Brain Injury Education Group with Faith and Abby. Today we spoke about a new format for the group. We then did some brain injury trivia. At 12:00 I then had my O.T. Session with Laurie. She helped me to set up a program to use to work on my memory. At 12:00 I then had speech with carina during lunch. Once she had the e-stem attached to my throat, she then put the  level up to five as chewed and swallowed my food and my drink. At 12:30 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:30. Took a shower to get comfortable before pulling up my blog to type of my day before eating dinner. 

No transportation

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:37 I then had an egg with a half slice of toast, along with some home-fries and slices of ham. At 5:55 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:20 I then went back to bed and slept until 11:00. Come to find out transportation was canceled due to the snow storm down in the southern part of the state. We only received flurry activity. At 11:00 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:28 I then made my bed. At 11:30 I then had a glass of lemon aid. At 11:32 I then practiced my typing speed. At 11:40 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:00 I began to the stretches that I have doing since having my stroke. At 12:00 I watched and hour storm center. At 12:25 while doing so, I then did my thera band exercises, working my arms and legs. At 12:35 I had used my hand grips, doing three sets of squeezing them for thirty seconds. I then used my five found weights to work my upper body. At 12:55 I ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:05 I then filled my empty pill container. At 2:20 I then took a shower after speaking to a friend for a while. Once I was comfortable for the rest of the day, I then at 2:50 had a bowl of corn chowder with melted cheese on some triscuit's. Once I had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Using my hand grips. I can squeeze them them for 30 seconds three times without my hand shaking

My Sunday morning began at 11:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:25 I then had three crepes, some banana, and a slice of toast. Once I had eating breakfast, at 11:50 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler  I that noon made my bed. At 12:05 I had shaved. At 12:15 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 12:30 I then began to do my back stretches continuing with my stretches that I been doing since my stroke. At 12:48 I then began to do my thera band exercises. At 1:57 I then used my hand grips. At 1:00 I had used my five pound dumbbells to do my upper body exercises. I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. At 1:20 I then ended my workout with another round of my back exercises. At 1:30 I then began to do my typing exercises. At 1:35 I had filled my empty pill container. At 1:40 My mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. At 2:00 I then read my prayer book. After doing so, I had watched television. At 3:25 I then ate dinner. At 3:50 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:05 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Staying busy

My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by making my bed. At 10:30 I had eaten my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:45 I had some pork rinds with a peanut-butter, Nutella, and banana sandwich. At 11;10 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. At 11:30 I then pulled up my e-mail to retrieve my schedule next week. At 11:43 I then shaved before cleaning my bathroom. At 12:10 I then called the pharmacy to order my medication. At 12:17 I began to do my constant therapy. After doing so, I then di did my back stretches. At 12:45 I then filled out a St. Patricks Day card to send to a friend. At 1:10 I began to do my thera band exercises. At 1:20 I had used my hand grips. At 1:24 I then did my daily typing test. At 1:31 I then did my back stretches again. At 1:40 I had straps on my ankle weighs to do my leg exercises. AT 1:50 I then used my five pound dumbbells to work my upper body. At 1:55 I had stretched my back once again began taking a shower. At 2:36 I then had a salad before eating my dinner. At 3:35 I then brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Doing my workout

 My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 10:45 I then had three crepes. At 11:00 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 at 11:30 began to fill my empty pill container. At 11:50 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:10 I continued to watch the news at noon. At 12:30 I began to do my typing test. At 12:45 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:54 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:00 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After taking a shower, at 3:25 I had eaten a salad. After doing so, I eaten my dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Keeping up with my workout

 My Thursday morning began at 9:40 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 9:50 I then had an english muffin with jams along with a bowl of cereal with a banana. At 10:18 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. At 10:40 I began to do my constant therapy. At 10:55 I then shaved before filling my empty pill containers. After doing so, I had called the pharmacy to order a script that I was running low on. At 11:30 I then did my typing test by googling typing test. At 11:55 I began to do my back stretches while watching the news at noon. I then preceded to do my stretches that I have been doing since my stroke. At 12:13 I then used my handgrips. After shoveling the snow off my deck, I then at 12:23 began to do my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. At 12:30 I strapped on my ankle weights and began to exercise my legs some more. At 12:40 I then grabbed my dumbbells  and did my upper body exercises. At 12:45 I then ended my workout with my back exercises. At 12:55 I then did a word search puzzle while eating half of an apple until 1:15 I then lied down to rest. I slept until 3:30 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then ate dinner. At 4:30 I then brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Goin to the chiropractor

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then 9:00 a.m. had some peanut butter and honey on toast. Once I had finished eating, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana. At 9:35 I then had brushed my teeth and shaved. At 9:45 I then made my bed. After doing my back stretches, at 10:00 I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 10:30 I then did my constant therapy. At 10:40 I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then left went neuro restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:10, I had sat in the lobby until 12:30 for my speech session with Carina. I soon went into her office. While eating lunch my lunch we worked on mendelshon  H Maneuver  swallowing methods, because Carina had to order new wires to do the e-stem. At 1:15 I then went into the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. After walking 525 feet, we then went back into the gym to do some exercises in the parallel bars. During my O.T. Session with Laurie we practiced using the microwaves by heating up some water and making a cup of hot cocoa. More importantly I was working on my vision. At 3:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Driver who would be taking me home. I arrived home at 4:00 and left for the chiropractor right off with my father. Upon our arrival we had our backs adjusted. We arrived back home at 5:30. I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. After eating dinner, I then blogged of my day. 

Plan B during speech

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 6:15 I then had an onion, green pepper, and cheese omelet with a slice of toast. Once I had finished eating, at 6:30 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready, I then made my bed. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:10 I then did my back stretches. At 7:30 I then did my constant therapy. After doing so, I then left for Neuro Restorative. I soon arrived at 9:40. At 9:45 I then went into the sewing room for reading group with Angela. Today we had read a story and discussed it along the way. This really challenges my memory. At 10:30 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. After walking four laps around the gym, we then went back into the gym so that I could ride the nu step for fifteen minutes. After going .64 miles I then went into the parallel bars to do some step ups onto the mat. I then stood on the mat with both of my legs with my arms crossed and shifted my weight from one leg to the other. At 11:15 I then went into the conference room for Brain injury education group with Abby, Laurie, and Faith. Today we discussed the spinal cord injuries, During O.T. With Laurie, we spoke about our meeting with Sam from the devision of the blind. We will go over medications with her. We then pinch to zoom to make e-mail larger. Then in next session we will make hot chocolate. At 12:30 During speech, Carina did not have wires to do e-stem, so we did some swallowing exercises. We then talked about speech education. I then went home. I arrived home arrived home at 2:20. After taking a shower and getting comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Talking about the videos I took during O.T. So as to put them to music

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana along with an English muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 6:50 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day I had put in my eye and nose drops. After doing my back stretches, I then took in a two puffs of air with my inhaler. At. At 8:00 I called Neuro Restorative to let them know that I would be in today for speech and Occupational Therapy. Transportation was not operating today to do the holiday. At 8:50 my father and I left for Lewiston. I arrived at Neuro Restorative at 110:00. My first therapy was speech with Carina. Once she had me connected to the machine, I began to eat and swallow. Continuing to choke as usual she raised the level stimulation. After speech, I then had O.T. Angela. Today. We first looked at the pictures my sister took of me exercising then spoke about taking them all the long way and not side by side. We then talked about taking more this weekend and making a video out them to music that I like. My father then picked me up and we went home. We arrive home at 1:30. I then lied down to rest and slept until for an hour. Once I woke, I had taken a shower to get comfortable. I then blogged of my day before eating dinner.  

Video taping my workout for my interview at Neuro Restorative

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news At 6:30 I then watched churched on televising. At 7:30 I then went back to sleep until 10:00. Once I was awake, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:15 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. At 10:35 I had brushed my teeth and shaved. I then put on my sweat suit, so that my sister could record me doing my morning workout. At 1:30 I then lied down to rest, I was so tired from the workout. I slept until 3:27. Once I was awake, I then took my shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 3:27 I then ate dinner. At 4:20 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.   

A visit with my sister and Dan

 My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a banana sandwich. At 11:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:15 I then made my bed. At 11:20 I then shaved before doing my constant therapy. At 12:00 My sister Barbara and her friend Dan arrived. At 12:13 I then continued my constant therapy. At 12:15 I had cleaned my bathroom. Af 12:40 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:50 I then did the stretches that I learned after having my stroke. At 1:00 I then sat in the formal living room with my parents, sister, and Dan. At 1:40 my mother sister and I lied down to rest while Dan and my father went out. I slept until 4:04. After taking a shower, I then blog of my day. 

Having an interview over the phone

 My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by making my bed, I then called Neuro Restorative, to see if they are open Monday do to the holiday. They said that they were, but that you would have to find your own transportation, because to the holiday. After doing so, I then ate my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 10:45 I then had two popovers with a piece of banana. Once I had finished eating, At 11:10 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air, I then at 11:22 began to do my back stretches. At 11:35 I then shaved. At 11:45 I had called Neuro Restorative, I can go in for my O.T.  lunch and Speech sessions then leave at 2:00. They said to call first thing in the morning if I plan to do so. At 1:00 I then received a call from DHHS, so as to answer all kinds of questions. They said that they would then send me paper work to fill out. The interview lasted until 1:26. I then began to do my thera band exercises. The woman called back and said that I qualified for the Brain Injury Waver Program. At 2:22 I then used my hand grips. At 2:30 I spoke to a friend who had called. We talked while I was drinking a fruit drink. After eaing dinner I had brushed my teeth and took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Having a barium swallow

 My Thursday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by drinking my cocoa while eating some fruit. I Then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. At 8:45 I then shaved before taking a shower, o as to get ready fro the day. Once I was dressed, I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:35 I then did my constant therapy. At 10:00 I then left the house with my father to go to the Main Health to have a barium swallow. Upon our arrival I checked in, gave my date of birth and other information. I then went into the room where the barium swallow would be taking place. They first put one of those gowns around me before starting the test. They had some type of machine beside my neck to scan the food going down to see if it was getting lodged in areas of my throat. They had me eating a peanut-butter sandwich, swallowing a barium pill, I then had to drink water with barium in it, while throat was being scanned. It showed a pool in my throat where food and liquids are getting lodged. After the test they spoke to my father and I about what was going on and that they would send the results to Carina my speech therapist at Neuro Restorative. We soon left the hospital and arrived home at 11:50. After watching the news and eating some triscuit's and cheese, I then brushed my teeth and lied down to reset. I slept until 3:30. After talking to my mother briefly, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, before eating dinner. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Finding out how to play games on my typing exercise program

 My Wednesday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by drinking a cup of tea while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:45 I then had a grilled turkey cheese, tomato, and lettuse sandwich. Once I had finished eating, at 11:18 I then made my bed. At 11:26 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:36 I had shaved. At 12:00 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:20 I then did my back stretches. At 12:43 I filled my empty pill containers. At 1:15 I then called the pharmacy to have a script filled. At 1:17 I  then began to do the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 1:25 I then used my hand grips. At 1:34 I began to use my Thera band exercises with my arms and legs. At 2:30 I then ate my salad before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. After doing so, I then ate my dinner. At 3:50 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day 

Keileigh you will surely be missed by all at Neuro Restorative clients and staff

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:11 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana, tomato, along with a slice of toast. At 6:34 I had made my bed before. Brushing my teeth. Once I had shaved, at 6:51 I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops in, After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then did my back stretches. AT 8:30 United Wheelchair had arrived and I was soon on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 9:20 I went to the client lounge to wait for my first therapy. While waiting, I practiced typing. At 9:45 I then went to the conference for reading group. Today Keileilgh had us reading firs book of dreams, and another short story after discussing the book of dreams. At 11:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. While walking with Karen in the hallway, Dan video taped us with my I-pad. After doing so, I then went back into the gym with Dan to ride the Nu Step. After doing so, I went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. At 11:00 during B.I.E. Group with Faith and Abby first had us sign a fair will card for Keiliegh who will be leavening for another job. We spoke about spasticity, Botox, then reviewed some things that we spoke about last week. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, We spoke about Samantha from the Division of the blind joining us during our session tomorrow to work dropping pills. Laurie and I then worked on putting typing app on desk top, so as to keep track. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Deriver who would by taking me home. I arrived home at 1:45. After eating a salad, at 2:10 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept until 3:45. I then washed my face before leaving for the chiropractors with my father. Upon our arrival, we had our adjustments, I so off the chiropractor wants to see me next week. At 4:45 we arrived home. After taking a shower, I then ate dinner. At 5:27 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Calling Taylor about Interwiew

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by drinking a hot cup of cocoa while eating my fruit. At 6:38 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with and english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 6:56 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for my day ahead. After putting in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:40 I then did my constant therapy. At 7:55 I then did my typing test to increase my typing speed. At 8:30 I then United Wheelchair arrived to bring me to neuro restorative. I arrive at 10:30. Once inside, I went to the conference room for writing group with Kieleigh. Today I wrote a poem titled, "A snow lit sky." At 11:20 I then my O.T. Session with Angela. Today we called Taylor Soninson marketing for interview over the Telephone. At 11:15 Angela and I spoke about a day and the life of Troy Morgan. How I start my day by exercising eating ect, Until the point I get on the United Wheelchair Van, arriving at Neuro Restorative and starting my day. Going to O.T. P.T. Seech, Recreational therapy, by using the camera on my I pad. Showing things that I do in p.t. Like walking in the parallel bars, doing e-stem during speech therapy, What I do in recreational therapy wring my book, by using my camera horizontally also doing my blog. Include group therapy's too. We then spoke about going viral with this too. Showing book to B.I.I.A conference. Video during p.t. Speech e-stem 1:00 paint group. At 2:00 Rec with faith work on color pictures for book. 3:00 Leave for home. At 4:15 Home, eat salad dinner. At 4:45 I then brushed my teeth before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. Once I was comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Super Bowl Sunday

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched church until 7:30. I then went back to sleep until 11:00. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa, I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana  and blueberry's in it, along. I also had an english muffin on the side. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:47 I then made my bed. At 11:53 I had shaved before doing my constant therapy. At. 12:30 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:45 I then began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 12:55 I then did my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 1:00 I then used my hand grips At 1:07 I then ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:20 my father gave me a hair cut. After he did so, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. Once I was comfortable, At 2:10 I began to do my tying test while drinking a mixed drink of lemon aid with tonic water to give it a fizz. At 2:27 I began to do my back stretches. At 2:40 I then had two chicken livers wrapped in bacon. I then watched pre game Super Bowl show. At 3:30 I then had a bowl of chili with garlic bread. Once I had finished eating, at 4:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day, getting ready to watch the Super Bowl! 

"Happy Birthday Aunt Joan!"

 My Saturday morning began at 10:35 a.m. by making my bed. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa, I then had at 10:51 gad two popovers whith maple syrup along with banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:15 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 shaved. At 11:40 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:55 I then did the stretches that I have doing since I had my stroke. At 12:06 I then did my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:00 I then strapped on my ankle weights, to do a leg workout. At 12:25 I then used my handgrips. After I had filled my empty pill container, I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:30 I then did my typing exercises. After doing so, I then did a work search puzzle. While drinking some lemon aid. At 3:30 I then ate dinner before taking my shower at 4:00 so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:20 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

A busy day

 My Friday morning began at 110:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 10:42 I then had some hash, scrambled egg, with some banana. Once I had finished eating at 1:05 I then made my bed. After brushing my teeth, I put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I had shaved. At 11:30 filled an empty pill container. At 12:00 I did my back stretches while watching the news. At 12:25 I had used my hand grips, before doing my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. I then preceded to do my back stretches. At 2:05 I then practiced typing test. At 3:25 I then did my hip hikes before taking a shower. After typing of my day, I then ate dinner. 

A needed break after a daily workout

 My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:40 I had a scrambled egg sandwich. Once I had finished eating, at 11:00 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air, at 11:13 I then began to do my constant therapy. AT 11:30 I then did my back stretches. At 11:45 I then did my thera band exercises for my legs and arms. At 11:54 I had used my hand grips. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:35 I then did a word search puzzle. At 2:54 I had shaved before strapping on my ankle weights, so as to do my leg workout. At 1:10 I then use my five pound weights to work my upper body. At 1:15 I then did my back stretches again. At 1:25 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since have my stroke. At 1:30 I then finished my workout. I then sat down to drink some lemon aid mixed with tonic water to give it a fizz while eating some gold fish. At 2:45 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:05 I had filled my empty pill containers before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Practicing safety while in the kitchen during O.T.

 My Wednesday morning began at 8:50 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 9:09 I then had two apple muffins with jams. At 9:18 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. Once I had made my bed, I then took a shower, so as to get ready for my day ahead. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:33 I then did my back stretches. At 10:15 I began to do my constant therapy. At 10:30 United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:15, I sat int the lobby for fifteen minutes before going into Carinas office for speech therapy. Once she had electroids connected to my voice box she began to eat and practice swallowing as I ate my lunch. She slowly raised the e-stem as I ate. I had Carina take a picture, which I will show. At 1:15 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. After walking 420 feet I then went on the Nu Step for fifteen minutes going .69 miles. After doing sos, I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. After doing squats, I then crossed my arms looking up, down, left, right. Dan then put a block in the parallel bars, so that I could step up and down. I then waled for distance again. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Lori, I practiced pouring liquids in dark and clear glass to work on my vision. I then had Lori open cupboard, so that I could practice scanning and using stratigies like using my hand in my front of my face for safty. At 3:00 I then went home. Upon my arrival I called Neuro Restorative. My noise reducing head set fell out my bag. Once I had taken a shower, I then ate dinner, then blogged of my day.   

Working on my memory during reading group

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 6:15 I then had hash, with an egg, and half of english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 6:55 I had shaved and brushed my teeth before taking a shower, so as to get ready for my day ahead. Once I had put ing my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with inhaler. At 7:20 I then did my back stretches before doing my constant therapy. At 8:00 I then did my typing test. I soon was on my way to Nero Restorative. Upon my arrival at 9:30 I waited fifteen minutes before going to the sewing room for reading group with Keileigh. I am still the only client in the group, but Keileigh told that another client will be joining next week. It is not that I could not read, I am working on my memory as to what I have read. At 10:30 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan After a couple of laps in the hall way, with my walker, I then went back into the gym to ride the Nu Step on level two for twenty minutes. I then went into the parallel bars. After doing leg exercises with leg weights on my left leg because I had my a.g.o. On my right leg. I then joined B.I.E. Group with Faith. At 12:00 I then speech with Carina. Once she had the e-stem connected  to my throat, Ibegan to eat my lunch as she turned the machine on. As it began to zap my throat I kept swallow ing. Food would get lodge in my mouth and I had to clear it swallowing two to three or more times to get it down my throat. At 12:30 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:30. After taking a shower, I then pulled up my blog and typing of my day. 

Writing a poem about Groundhog Day

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a slice of toast. At 7:00 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before shaving and taking a shower. Once I had put my eye and nose drops in, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:25 I then did my back stretches before doing my constant therapy. At 8:11 I then took the sheets off of my bed and quickly made it with my mothers helps. At 8:30 I grabbed my things and left on United Wheelchair to go to Neuro restorative. Upon my arrival at 10:20, I went downstairs to the conference room for writing group with Keileigh. Today I wrote a poem on Groundhog Day. How appropriate. At 11:15 I then went to Angela's office for my O.T. Session. We looked up follows on my blog. We then spoke about putting pictures in my blog. We then spoke about getting a cel phone for safety reasons. Angela said that Sam will work with Lori and I at Neuro Restorative. We then spoke about Utube shorts. Down load Utube. Talk about meeting. At 12:00 I then went to the dining area to eat lunch. At 1:00 I then went to the craft room for painting group. Today I had finished painting and stared another one. At 2:00 during my recreational therapy session with faith we continued to draw pictures to put in my book. At 3:0 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Driver who would be taking me home. I arrived home at 4:15. Once Inside, I had eaten dinner. After doing so, I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, After doing so, I had pulled up my blog so as to type of my day. 

Getting faster at my tying

 My Sunday morning began at 11:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:13 I then had some french toast along with some banana. At 11:42 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After doing so, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 11:53 I then made my bed. At 12:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:20 I then shaved, After doing so, my mother and sister arrived home from church. Once my mother gave me communion, I said good-bye to my sister. At 12:30 I began to do my constant therapy. I then began to do my typing exercises. My number of words is getting faster and more words. At 1:15 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 1:40 I began to do my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 1:45 I then ended my work out with by doing some more back stretches. After using my hand grips, I then took a shower, so so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 2:42 I then had eaten my salad. After doing so, I had a bowl of hamburger soup along with homemade bread. At 3:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

A visit with my sister

 My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. After doing so, at 10:45, I then had scrambled egg with cheese sandwich, along with some vege sticks, along with a piece of banana. Once I had finished eating, I then at 11:00 brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:15 I then made my bed. At 11:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:45 I then shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:23 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. After using my hand grips, I began to do my thera band exercises working my legs and arms. AT 1:10  I had typed yesterday's blog entry, due to the fact that we had lost internet at the time I was typing my entry. At 1:25 I then began to do my typing test to practice my typing skills. I know my key board, I am just practicing my speed and accuracy. At 2:34 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. I then did a word search while talking to mother and sister in the formal living room. At 3:30 I then ate hamburger soup with home made homemade bread. At 3:55 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Internet out

 My Friday morning began at 11:00 a.m. bye eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. At 11:05 I then had a bowl cf cereal with banana, along with an English muffin with jams. After doing so, 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 made my bed. At 11:47 I had shaved before watching the news at noon. At 12:30 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. After doing my back stretches, I then did my thera band exercises. After using my hand grips, At 2:00 I then ended my workout with another round of back stretches. At 3:15 I then ate dinner After doing my typing test, I then took a shower before blogging of my day. 

Making a doctors appointment

 My Friday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by doing my back snd stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 9:50 I then made my bed. At 10:00 I had called the pharmacy to see if my medication was ready. I then ate my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. After eating a banana sandwich, I then at 10:35 had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air, at 10:45 I had put some clean laundry away. At 10:52 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:07 I then did my typing exercises. After I had shaved. At 11:35 I then called my primary care doctor about my ankle foot orthotic. At 12:00 I then used my hand grips. After doing my back stretches, I then had salad. At 1:20 I then cleaned my bathroom before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of my day. At 2:45 I then called my doctor's office again to make an appointment for March 19th at 8:30. I also put myself on the cancellation list. At 3:45 I then ate dinner before blogging of my day.  

I have to say my typing is getting much faster since I have been doing typing exercises

 My Thursday morning began at 11:00 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:05 I then had a bowl of ceral with banana along with an english muffin with jams. Once I had finished eating, at 11:30 I then brushed my teeth befroe putting my eye and nsoe drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:43 made my bed. After doing so, I had shaved. At 12:00 noon, I had watched than watched the news. At 12:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:00 I then started to do my back stretches followed by my stroke stretches. At 2:00 I then did my thera band exercises. After using my hand grips, I ended my workout with another round of back stretches. At 2:00 I then ate an early dinner, before doing my tying test workout. At 4:10 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

A meeting with dbvi, Iris Network, and Neuro Restorative

My Wednesday morning began at 4:00 a.m. by taking two tylenol for some leg pain that I woke from where I wait my Ankle Foot Orthotic. At 5:30 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 5:45 I then had a bowl of oat meal with an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed, I then made my bed. At 6:3 I then did my constant therapy. After doing my back stretches, I soon grabbed my things and was on my way at 7:30. I arrived at Neuro Restorative at 9:00 Once inside the building, I had gone to the conference room for a meeting with the Iris Network, The devision of the blind, and my O.T.'s from Neuro Restorative and Cathy the director from Neuro Restorative. We discussed ways that Neuro Restorative can help me meet my goals that have been set for me to become more independent that the Iris Network and the Devision of the Blind have set for me. Once the meeting was done, a talk about a team meeting would so be set up. At 10:30 I then typed yesterday's blog entry. At 11:00 During Neuro Group With Dan and Keileigh we did some trivia. At 1:15 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. I first began my session on the Nu Step for fifteen minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises along with some balance exercises. At 2:00 during my O.T. Session with Laurie, We discussed  my meeting this morning and how the devision of the blind and visually impaired can help me get a cell phone. Samantha said that she would get me one that would be a good fit for me and my vision. Laurie will help workout meal prep strategies with me. Laurie and I then spoke about contrast. We spoke about the seps in our home and how we have white tape on the last step. We also spoke about pouring liquids. We also spoke about strategies that I had learned in the past, like putting my hands in front of my face to avoid bumping my head into things, trailing against the wall while walking, and gathering items before cooking a mea. At 3:00 I meet Kevin from United Wheelchair in the lobby and he took me home. I arrived home 4:30. Once I had eaten my salad and dinner, I then took a shower to get comfortable for the evening before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Going in the parallel bars

Tuesday January 27, 2026

My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with a blueberry muffin. Once I had finnished eating, At6:30 I Then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then had 7:30 began to do my constant therapy. At 7:40 I then began to do my tying test. At 8:30 I was soon on my way to Neuro Restorative. At 10:35 I had arrived. During my P.T. Session with Dan I first went on the Nu Step for 15 minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do some leg exercises. At 11:20 I then had B.I.E. Group with Faith and Abby. To we talked about Medications. At 12:00 Sam popped in from the division of the blind. At 12:39 I then had speech, to do e-stem with Carina while eating my lunch. At 1:00 I then went home. At 2:45 I arrived home. After taking a shower I then had a salad and ate my dinner. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Never Give

 If there was one thing that I would want to accomplish this year would be to complete my second book titled "Blind Ambition." As you may know that I had completed my first book "Running From Lighting" a while back that can found on Amazing, I was ambitious enough to start writing another book. This book has been more of a challenge for me, because it take palace at the age of six after suffering an aneurysm. After six weeks in a coma, I was left totally blind and had to learn how to walk and talk all over again. But as you know, you are able to recover from a more easily when you are young then when you are older. It just baffles me as an adult how no matter how hard you try recovery is almost impossible, no matter how much time you put into it, especially when things keep recurring over time. I know one thing for sure I will never give up!

Practicing my typing skills

 My Monday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:48 I then had a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich for breakfast, with some banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:08 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drop. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:40 I then shaved. At 12:00 I then watched storm center at noon, as we were having huge winter snow storm. We had over a foot in a half. At 12:30 I then called United Wheelchair to see if they would be picking me up tomorrow. At 12:30 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:52 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:00 I then used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. At 1:25 I then began to do my new exercise to increase my typing speed. At 2:25 I then ate my salad. At 3:35 I then ate my dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Watching the play off game

 My Sunday morning began at 10:45 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a banana along with an english muffin. At 11:20 I then brushed my teeth before putting my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then made my bed. At 11:48 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 I then before doing my back stretches. At 12:20 I then did my stroke stretches. After doing my hand grips, I then did my back stretches. I then did my typing test. At 1:00 I then took a shower to get comfortable for the rest of the day. After doing so, I then watched a movie. At 2:11 I then had salad and a bowl of fish chowder. At 2:50 I Then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day, before watching a play off game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots. 

Practicing my typing speed

 My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 11:00 I then had scrambled eggs, with some turkey pie. At 11:30 I then made my bed before brushing my teeth. After putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 11:54 I then shaved before filling my empty pill containers. At 12:25 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:35 I then did my stroke stretches. At 12:46 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:00 I then took a typing test to increase the speed of my typing. At 2:00 I began to do my thera band exercises.  At 2:11 I then used my hand grips. At 2:15 I then did my back stretches one more time. At 2:25 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 2:50 I then ate my salad before eating my dinner. At 2:50 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Getting a bone density test

 My Friday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. At 10:20 I then had some scrambled egg sandwich with cheese, along with some rice chips. Once I had finished eating at 10:36 I then made my bed. At 10:40 I had brushed my teeth and shaved before starting in my back stretches. At 11:15 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 11:17 I then began to do my constant therapy, At 11:30 I then did my Thera band exercises. I then ended my workout by doing my back stretches. After using my hand grips, I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then took a shower. After putting in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. Once I was dressed and ready, I then left the house with my father at 1:00 p.m. to go to Main Health for a bone density test. After my test we arrived home at 3:30. Once I was comfortable, I then ate dinner. After a bowl of fish chowder, I then pulled up my blog at 4:42 and typed of my day . 

Thinking of some easy meals to make during O.T.

 My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. After making my bed, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, at 10:30 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 10:54 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a muffin along with a slice of cheese bread. At 11:25 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:35 I had shaved. At 11:50 I then did my back stretches. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I had shoveled the small deck off my bedroom. After doing so, I then did my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. At 1:10 I had grabbed my five pound dumbbells and began to do my weight exercises. At 1:18 I then strapped on y ankle weights, so as to do my leg exercises. At 1:30 I had grabbed my hand grips so as to strengthen my hands. At 1:35 I then did my back stretches once again. At 1:45 I had finished my workout. I then thought of some easy meals to cook during my Occupational Therapy session with Laurie  at Neuro Restorative. At 2:00 I then spoke to a friend while eating a snack while drinking a flavored water. At 2:20 I then did a word search puzzle. At 2:25 Ithen had eaten my salad. At 3:30 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:00 I then ate my dinner. At 4:30 I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day . 

Cooking easy meals

 My Wednesday morning began at 8:30 by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 8:42 I then had a bowl of cereal with two slices of toasted cheese bread. Once I had finished eating, I then at 9:10 brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for my day ahead. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. After doing my back stretches, I then did my Constant therapy.  United Wheelchair soon arrived at 10:30 and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 12:10, my physical therapist thanked for the thank you notes my mother and I had given to her for taking me to get a new rollator. At 12:30 during my speech therapy session with Carina, She first set up the e-stem by wiping my neck then put the electrodes on. She then turned it on. I then began to eat my lunch. As I did so, she raised the level slowly. At 1:15 during my P.T. Session with Dan I began by walking 273 feet. I then rode the Nu Step for on level 2 for ten minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do leg exercises and lunges. At 2:00 during my o.t. Session with Laurie, I went on www.typing.com to practice my typing time, how many words per minute. I did a three minute test and a ten minute test. Laurie and I then talked about cooking easy meals. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 4:20. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable, I then ate dinner, before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Signing a Brain Injury Waver with Lori

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:15 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then at 6:30 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. At 6:40 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After making my bad, at 7:00 I then took a shower, so as to get ready fro the day ahead. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler. After doing my back stretches. At 8:00 United Wheelchair arrived to bring me to Nero Restorative .for my daily therapy. Once inside, I went to the client lounge to do my constant therapy. After doing so I then put thank you notes in Caryns mailbox for taking me to Bedard's to get my new rollator. At 9:45 during Reading Group with Keileigh. I was the only client in the group, so Keileigh and I read a story about Avi and the tree giants and how she chose to be with them at the end. At 10:30 during my P.T. Session with Dan I first walked with Dan 280 feet before going on the Nu Step. After riding for 12 minutes on level 2 Dan had me go into the parallel bars to take steps onto a block alternating legs. At 11:24 I then went to the conference room for B.I.E. Faith and Abby. Today we talked about brain injury surgeries. Pain Management, and Medications to help with T.B.I. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Lorie I signed releases for the Brain Injury Wav-or. At 12:00 I then ate my lunch during my speech session with Carina while I was connected to the e-stem to strengthen my through, so as to prevent choking. At 12:30 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:27. Once inside my bedroom, I had filled my empty pill containers. After doing so, I then called the pharmacy to order a script. After doing so, I then ate dinner. After taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the eveing, I then blogged of my day. 

A work out

 My Monday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by eating my frui while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:30 I then had some scrambled eggs with fish, carrots, and cheese bread. At 11:03 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 took the sheets off my bed, then made it with clean sheets. At 11:30 I then did my constant therapy. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon before doing my back stretches. AT 12:40 I then did my stroked stretches. At 12:47 I had used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises. At 2:56 I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. I then used my dumbbells to work my upper body. I then did my back stretches to end my workout. I then had a snack and a drink. At 1:30 I then shaved before doing a word search. At 1:53 U then did my back stretches again. At 2:10 I had watched a movie. At 2:40 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:04 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day / 

A Picture of the forest in my back yard after a snow fall

Keeping myself busy

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched Sunday Mass on television. At 7:30 I then went back to sleep, and slept until 10:45. After drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit, at 11:00 I then had a slice of cheese, whole muffin toasted with jams, peanut-butter and nutella spread on them, along with some banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:17 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 made my bed. At 11:38, I then filled my empty pill container's. At 12:00 my mother arrived home. Once she was settled, she then gave me communion. At 12:00 I then called the pharmacy to order a script. At 12:05 I then I then did my back stretches. I then continued with my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:20 I then did my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. After using my hand grips, at 12:45 I then at 12:45 began to do my constant therapy. At 1:00 I then shaved before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 1:50 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Writing a thank you card

My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. After doing so, I then had two cinnamon muffins with jams and peanut-butter spread on them. Once I had finished eating, I then at 11:50 brushed my teeth before putting in my nose and eye  drops. Once I had taken two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:48 I then made my bed. At 12:00 I began to do my constant therapy. After doing so, I then shaved. At 12:22 I then wrote out a thank you card. At 1:15 I then did my back stretches. At 1:23 I had cleaned my bathroom. At 1:45 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 2:00 I then did my thera band exercises, to strengthen my arms and legs. At 2:10 I then I had worked on my book a little before taking a shower at 2:45. Once I was comfortable for the rest of the day I had eaten my salad before eating dinner. At 4:15 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.   

Going to the eye doctor

 My Friday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 5:45 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a toasted english muffin with jams. At 7:00 I then brushed my teeth and shave. At 7:20 I then did my back stretches. 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 left the house at 8:30 with my parents for and eye appoint. Once we arrived at Optometric Associates at 9:45 I first had to fill out yearly forms before beginning my yearly eye exam. Once I had read the eye chart and had my blood pressure taken, I then had my field of vision test done. As I stared into the bright light in the middle of the screen with a a clicker in my hand I waited patiently for a spark of light to enter one of the fields of vision that I can see out of. I am surprised that I am not bumping into walls every where I go with what little vision that I have. After my field of vision test, Dr. Henry then had me read an eye chart as he changed lenses in my eyes. At 11:52 My parents and I left for home after they had their eyes checked by a different doctor. At 1:15 we arrived home. Once I was comfortable, I then did my constant therapy. After doing so, I then did some exercises before eating my salad at 3:10. At 3:50 I then ate dinner. At 4:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Shoveling my deck

 My Thursday morning began at 11:00 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 11:09 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. At 1:43 I then made my bed. After doing so, I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then shaved. At 12: 43 I then rested after feeling tired with some blurry vision. It felt some what like a small seizure, but I do not know fro sure. Once I came around I then filled my empty pull containers. At 1:30 I then put some clean laundry away. At 1:30 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:50 I then shoveled my deck as the snow was melting on a warm winters day. At 2:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. Once I was comfortable for the rest of the day, I then had a refreshing drink. At 3:15 I began to blog, Until 3:20 when I then had eaten my salad. At 3:55 I then had an opened face sandwich for dinner with some vegetable  stick. At 4:15 I then finished my blog.   

Going to Bedard's with Caron

 My Wednesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 5:40 I then had some oat meal with an english muffin along with some banana. At 6:00 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After taking a shower and was dressed for the day, at 6:48 I then put in my eye and nose drops . Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler I then made my bed. After doing so, I then soon was on my way to Neuro Restorative. I first had a P.T. Session with my physical therapist Caryn. We first got into the van and took a ride to Bedard medical supplies. Upon our arrival we looked at new rollators. While doing so I tried some out. I soon found the one. It is a beauty. At least I think so. It is red and fits my hight well. It also helps me stand up strait to support my back. Once I had paid for it, we then put it back and took my old one and my new on back to Nero Restorative. Carin then had me in the gym riding the Nu Step for fifteen minutes on level two. At 11:15 I then joined Trivia group for the first time. We looked at pictures on the screen to try to identify what movie they are with Keileigh and Dan. At 12:00 I then did my constant therapy in the client lounge. At 12:30 during speech with Carina I had eaten my lunch while doing E-Stem. We then talked about having a barium swallow ordered from my Neurologist. At 1:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:20. Once I arrived home, I took a shower and got comfortable for the rest of the day. I then ate my salad before pulling my blog and typing of my day before eating dinner. 

Showing Lauri my thera band exercises during O.T.

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 5:37 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with an english muffin. At 6:00 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After doing my back stretches and stroke stretches, I then took shaved and took so shower, so as to get ready for my day ahead. At 7:15 United Wheelchair arrived at 7:15 a.m. I then did my constant therapy. At 8:15 I then was on my way to Neuro Restorative. Once inside, I went to the client lounge to do my constant therapy. At 9:15 during my speech therapy session with Carina she first attached the electrodes to my neck where my voice box is Once things were set she began the e-stem procedure. She put it up as hight as I could tolerate it. I did the procedure for twenty minutes. Carina then suggested that I have a swallow study. At 9:50 during reading group with Kieliegh another client and took turns read with Kieliegh stopping to discuss sections along the way. At 10:30 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan, I first road the Nu Step for fifteen minutes. After doing so, I then went into the parallel bars to work on balance. Dan first had me stand on a mat with my feet close together. I then had to look to the left to the center then to the right back and fourth. At 11:15 I then during Brain Injury Education Group, Faith and Abby had us discussing functions on a brain injury treatment map. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Lauri we talked about using thera bands to exercise my arms and legs with. She the told me the closer I hold the band the more resistance there is. We then spoke about vision and memory while cooking in the kitchen, so as to write up a goal around that. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby to meet my ride to go home. While riding, I had eaten my lunch. At 1:45 I had arrived home. I then got comfortable before laying down to rest. I slept until 3:30 I then had a salad before eating my dinner. I then took a shower before blogging of my day. 

Arranging a time for the three of us to meet with Samantha

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 6:40 I then had three pancakes with a slice of banana. At 7:00 I the brushed my teeth my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day I then put in my eye and nsoe drops. After taking in two puffs of air, I then. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then did my constant therapy. At 8:30 I then hopped into the United Wheelchair van and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. I arrived at 10:15 going into the conference room for writing group. Today I wrote a poem about my new rollator. Before doing so Keileigh fixed my spell check. AT 11:15 I then went to Angela's office for my O.T. Session. We first e-mail my case manager from the devision of the blind about my meeting with Lori, Angela and I with her. We then e-mailed Daniel to see if she could make it work on our schedules for the three of us to meet with Sam. We then spoke abut cooking and fatigue. We then spoke about blogging and my book sails. How I could make money as a job. She then told me to take in my thera bands tomorrow show Lori during our O.T. Session. In doing so, I can show her what I do for exercise's. We then talked about cooking during O.T. Angela  then had me listen to a video on do make money. On blogging. She then had me watch a video . We then talked about posting pictures on my blog. At 12:30 I ate my lunch with Carina during my speech session while doing e-stem while practicing my swallowing. At 1:15 I then continued painting my painting during painting group with Keileigh. At 2:00 during my Recreational Therapy session with Faith we continued drawing pictures for my book. At 3:00 I then went to the gym to speak to Caryn my physical therapist before going home. I arrived home at 4:10 at my dinner took a shower then blog of my day. 

Watching a playing off game

 My Sunday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by making my bed. At 10:30 I then ate my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. At 11:00 I then had three pancakes with a slice of banana. At 11:20 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:35 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 12:20 I then shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:54 I then used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercise's for my arms and legs. At 1:00 I then watched the playoff game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills. At 2:30 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day before eating my salad. At 3:18 I then had a plate of spaghetti and meatball's with a slice of garlic bread. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Doing a word search puzzle

 My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:47 I then had a scrambled egg sandwich. At 11:05 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:25 I had filled my empty pills containers. At 11:48 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:08 I then shoveled my deck. At 12:30 I then shaved before doing my back stretches. At 12:50 I then did my thera band exercises. At 12:58 I had used my hand grips. At 1:02 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to exercise my legs. At 1:07 I had ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 1:15 I then did a word search puzzle. At 2:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 3:00 I then had eaten a salad before eating my dinner. After eating dinner, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Talking to my case manager from the DBVI about setting up a meeting with Neuro Restorative

 My Friday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eaeting my fruit while drinking at cup of hot apple cider. At 10:45 I then made my bed. At 10:50 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana, along with an english muffin. At 11:15 I then brushed my teeth. At 11:50 I then called Bedard's about my new rollator. I owed some money that my insurance did not cover, so I had paid the rest with my credit card. I then let them know it would be easier if they deliver it to Nero Restorative since there business in near by. At 11:40 I then called Neuro Restorative to let Jamie the receptionist that it will be delivered there. At 11:50 I then shaved before watching the news at noon. At 12:30 I then put some clean laundry away before staring to do my constant therapy. At 1:06 I then did my back stretches. At 1:18 I then did my stroke stretches. At 1:21 I began to do my thera band exercises to work my arms and legs. At 1:28 I had used my hand grips to strengthen my hands. At 1:30 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 1:45 I then did my back stretches. At 1:52 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 2:40 I then called a friend. We spoke until 3:06. At 3:20 I then spoke with my case manager from the devision of the blind to set up a meeting that I am currently working with. After eating dinner, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Listening to easy listening music

 My Thursday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:48 I then had a ham and cheese omelet with a slice of toast and part of a banana. Once I had finished eating, at 11:30 I then made my bed. At 11:35 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then put my dishes in the dish washer.. At 11:50 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then shaved before starting to do my constant therapy. At 1:00 I then did my stroke stretches. At 1:12 I began to do my thera band stretches to strengthen my arms and legs. At 1:20 I then used my hand grips before ending my workout. At 1:30 I listened to some easy listening music while doing a word search. At 3:10 I then had a salad before eating my dinner. At 3:50 I took a shower. Once I was comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Talking to Bedard's Medical Supplies

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by waking to a call from Bedard"s Medical Supply about my new Roleator. At 9:17 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 9:35 I then had scrambled eggs, with banana bread with peanut-butter spread on it. At 9:56 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs ofair with my inhaler, At 10:20 I then got dressed for the day. At 10:25 I then called Bedard's about my rollator. At 10:40 I then shaved before talking to bedards because there were callers ahead of me. At 11:05 I then did my constant therapy. At 11:30 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:45 I then did my stroke stretches. At 11:50 I began to do my thera band exercises. At 11:59 I then used my hand grips. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I had filled my empty pill container's. At 2:45 I then had eaten my salad before having a bowl of soup for dinner. At 4:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.