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. 

Doing the e-stem during speech therapy

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by taking a shower, so as to get ready for my day. At 6:30 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 6:54 I then had a banana sandwich with peanut-butter. Once I had finished eating, At 7:10 I had shaved before taking a shower. I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 9:30 I then did my constant therapy. At 9:45 during reading group with Keileigh, another client and I read a story and discussed along the way as we took turns reading. At 10:30 during my P.T. Session with Dan I first road the Nu Step on level one. Dan then had me go into the parallel bars to do some leg and balance exercises. Dan then had me doing some squats. At 11:15 I went to the conference room for Brain Injury Education Group. With Faith and Abby. Today we spoke about each part of the brain controls. At 12:00 during my O.T. Session with Lorie, She spoke to me about bringing in the thera band that I am currently using to do my exercises with. She with then give me a stronger one. We then set some goals around cooking and how to simplify it. We then spoke a goal around typing. We then spoke about how to even out my energy during the day. At 12:30 during speech with Carina, we continued to work with the e-stem. To make my swallowing easier. Once it attached to my neck she slowly put the level up, until I could not stand it any more. I was able to do it for nineteen minutes. At 1:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 2:25. At 2:30 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 2:30 I then ate my salad. At 2:41 I then took a shower, before blogging of my day.  

During my speech session with Carina Using the vial stem

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 6:45 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana in my cereal along with some banana bread. Once I had finished eating, at 7:00 I then brushed my teeth before shaving. At 7:13 I then took a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then did my back stretches. After putting in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. After 7:45 I then did my constant therapy. I then waited for my United Wheelchair to arrive. I was soon on my way at 9:00 a.m. Upon my arrival at 10:30 a.m. I went to the conference room to writing group with Kieleigh. During group I continued to working on my third book. At 11:30 I then met with Angela for my O.T. Session. Today we spoke about speech and swallowing. We then spoke about doing modifying technical strategies for cooking. We then spoke about getting a smart phone through the division of the blind. Angela also told me that there will be a meeting about what comes next during O.T. At 12:00 I then ate my lunch in the client lounge At 12:30 I then had my first speech session with Carina working with the vital stem on my throat. I had patches put on my throat area. Then it felt like it was being shocked to strengthen the muscles. While doing so, I took small drinks of water. At 1:00 I then went to the craft room for painting group with keileigh and Abby. Today I began to paint a new painting. At 2:00 I then went to Faiths office for recreational therapy. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 4:15. After taking a shower and getting comfortable, I then had a salad. At 4:45 I had eaten dinner. At 5:10 I then blogged of my day. 

Working those leg muscles

 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 a bowl of cheereo granola cereal with banana along with a slice of toast with jam. At 11:37 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:50 I then made my bed. At 12:00 my mother arrived home from church. Once she was settled, she then gave me communion. At 12:13 I then finished doinng my constant therapy. At 12:30 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:40 I then continued with my stroke stretches. At 12:46 I had used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises. At 1:00 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises to build up those leg muscles. At 1:45 I then grabbed my dumbbells to work my upper body. At 1:48 I had ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 2:00 I then filled my empty pill container. I then ordered a medication. At 2:00 I then shaved. At 250 I then did a word search. At 2:55 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog at 3:12 and typing of my day before eating dinner. 

Using my hand grips to keep them strong

 My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. After doing so, I then made my bed. At 10:45 I then had three english muffin halves toasted with peanut-butter and honey on them. 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, at 11:12 I then put some clean laundry away. At 11:15 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:25 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 11:40 I then shaved. At 11:50 I then cleaned my bathroom. At 1:00 I had filled my empty pill containers. At 1:45 I began to do my constant therapy, after taking a drink of some lemon aid that I had next to me. At 2:15 I then did my thera band exercises. To help strengthen my arms and legs. At 2:30 I had used my hand grips. At 2:15 I had grabbed my dumbbells to do my weight exercise's. I then did my back stretches on more time, before ending my workout. At 3:00 I then ate dinner. At 4:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:17 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Happy New Years 2026

 My New Years 2026 morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:34 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a toasted biscuit. At 11:00 I then made my bed. At 11:22 I then brushed my teeth before putting my eye and nose drops in. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 11:28 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:58 I did my back stretches while watching the news. At 12:10 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 12:25 I then used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises. At 12:40 I then strapped on my ankle weights. I then began to do my leg exercises. At 12:50 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to work upper body. At 12:57 I ended my workout by doing another set of back stretches. At 1:06 I then had something to drink. While doing a word search puzzle. At 2:00 I then filled my empty pill containers. At. 2:40 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:00 I then ate my salad. At 3:20 I then ate dinner. At 4:00 I then pulled up blog and typed of my day.