Loratadine

My Saturday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by taking my medication to help control seizures. I then pout my splint on before going back to bed. I had slept until 8:15 before taking my splint off. At 9:00 I then went into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa. I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a toasted bagel. At 9:30 I then had brushed my teeth before resting for thirty minutes. At 10:00 I had gone for a walk. I had walked 2.37 miles according to my fit bit before returning home. At 11:02 I had returned home. I then went into my bedroom so as to do my back stretch’s. I then had shaved before starting in with my the stretching that I have been since my stroke. At 11:35 I then had taken a shower. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. At 12:00 I then had a bite to eat. At 12:20 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:30-3:40. I then got up. My mother had asked me about an allergy medication that I am taking Loratadine. My doctor had called. I thenspoke to a friend who had called. I then pulled up my blog at 4:30 so as to type of my day.

Friday the 13th

My Friday morning began at 2:55 a.m. by putting on my splint. I had laid there in bed letting it work its magic, as I tried to go back to sleep. At 4:40 I then finally took off my splint. I then tuned on the news waiting for the 6:00 a.m. hour so that I could take my morning medication. I then went back to sleep. At 7:46 I then went into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then toasted half of a bagel and put cream cheese out it. I did not eat to much because I was to go out to lunch with my mother, sister, and grandmother. At 8:15 once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 8:40 I then made my bed before starting in with my stretching routine. At 8:15 I had written a thank you card before listening to my book. At 9:00 I had gone for a little walK. Upon my retunrn home, I went strait to my bedroom so as to fill my empty pill containers. I then called the pharmacy to order my script. At 10:15 I then took a shower thus getting ready to out to lunch. At 11:15 we had left the house to pick up my grandmother at the Pierce House. We had arrived at Kassalonies at 11:55. Once we had eaten our lunch, my sister, mother, grandmother, and I left the restaurant. At 1:17 we arrived at the Pierce House. My sister had brought our grandmother to her room. We then arrived home shortly afterwards. At 1:48 I then found myslef in bed sleeping once I had brushed my teeth. At 4:45 I then got up to eat dinner before taking a shower. My sister then gave me my birthday gift from her. Three wooden models from Hobby Lobby. Similar to the one I had made with Tobie during my recreational therapy session. I then went to my bedroom to type into today’s blog entry.

Cleaning my space

My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by taking my new siezure medication before putting on my splint. I then went back to sleep until 9:00. Iwas then awaken by a call from a friend. We spoke briefly, I then got out of bed so as to stretch. Once I had completed my routine, I then went into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit with tea. At 9:55 I then had a plate of crepes for breakfast before returning to my bedroom so as to take the sheets off of my bed. At 10:12 I then had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. I then took in some air before shaving. At 10:24 I had made my bed with clean sheets. I then vacuumed the rug in my bedroom before dusting the furniture. At 11:30 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:00 before getting up to have a little bite to eat. I then took my shower before eating dinner at 4:30. Ithen returned to my bedroom at 5:00 so as to type in todays blog entry. 

The new medication divalproex seems to be helping more and more every day. Less seizure and headache activity.

My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by getting up so as to make my bed. At 7:45 I had heard the beep beep beep sound outside my bedroom window. It was United Wheelchair here to bring me to WestSide. It was their mistake. I had cancelled the week after getting out of the hospital so as to get use to the new medication. I was up, so I went into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After a bowl of cereal and half a bagel, I then picked up the kitchen before returning to my bedroom. At 8:10 I had brushed my teeth and shaved before making my bed. At 9:00 I then began to do my back stretch’s. At 9:30 I then continued to stretch with the stretch’s that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 9:40 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. At 10:15 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 10:30 I then put my splint on before starting to listen to my book. At 11:00 I then called my grandmother. At 12:00 I then turned on the news. Once the news was finished,  I had eaten some lunch before brushing my teeth. I then layed down to rest at 1:00. I had slept until 4:30 before getting up to eat dinner. After doing so I had taken a shower before pulling up my blog at 5:15. I then called it a day once my entry was typed in.

Having my blood drawn

My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by getting out of bed so as to take a shower. I was able to take any medication. My father then took me to Franklin Memorial Hospital for blood work. We had arrived there at 6:40. I then checked in before sitting down to wait. There was only one person there ahead of me. The woman that had drawn my blood, Saw my name and said, “We went to school together. Once I had my blood drawn, my father then took me home. We had picked up a bite to eat on the way. I had to get my medication into me as soon as possible. We had arrived home at 7:45. I had gone strait in to eat. After doing so, I had brushed my teeth at 8:00 before going back to bed. I had slept until 11:00. I then got up to fix my medications for the week. At 11:35 I then put on my splint before listening to my book. I did so until 11:50. I then watched the news at noon. At 12:20 I then had a bowl of cereal. At 12:30 I then brushed my teeth before doing my back stretch’s. At 1:30 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:30 before waking. The medication is taking a towel on me, but I did not have a seizure today, so far. I then went into the kitchen so as to have a plate of spaghetti. At 4:45 I then brushed my teeth before doing my back and stretch’s from my stroke. At 5:15 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog.

Another seizure, REALLY?

My Monday morning began on this ninth day of April, at 5:30 a.m. by waking up to a headache and feeling sick to my stomach. What else is new? Ithen sat in my recliner to drink my hot cocoa. I then went into the kitchen so as to eat a bowl of cereal with a half of a toasted bagel. At 6:43 Ithen returned to my bedroom as to brush my teeth. I then shaved before puttin in my eye and nose drops so as to be able to see and hear a little better. I then had taken in some air with my inhaler before putting on my splint. I then sat in my recliner to watch a movie while the splint worked its magic. HA HA!!! At 8:15 P.T. Had called cancelling me out for the day. It was a good thing, I did not feel well enough to go. I then called my mother at work to let her know. At 8:20 I then took my splint off after having it on for a while. I then made my bed before stretching. At 8:40 I then started to listen to my book. At 9:00 I then stretched. My sister then called to wish me a happy birthday. At 9:37 I then called the pharmacy to see if I had any medication to pick up. At 10:10 I then called my mother at work to let her know about my medication. At 10:30 I then listened to my book while wearing my splint. I then took it off at noon so as to go into the kitchen so as to eat lunch. At 12:00 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept for three hours before waking at 3:30 to having yet another seizure. This is getting a little disturbing. I just arrived home from the hospital from an e.e.g. Taking a new medication and now this. At 3:45 I then took a shower getting comfortable for the night. At 4:00 I then opened cards and a few gifts with my parents. I then showed my parents all the birthday wish’s that I had received on face book. Still feeling sick after the seizure I had earlier a bowl of oatmeal and a piece of toast sounded good for dinner. I then returned to my bedroom so as to type in todays blog entry. 

An eventful day for my head

My Sunday morning began at 1:00 a.m. by waking up to my bed feeling like it was spinning and chills running through my body. I then felt like vomiting. Classics symptoms of a seizure as far as I am concerned. To top it off when I stood up out of bed, my legs were week. I had then experienced somewhat of a headache, but that was not my concern at this point. How was I going to get back to sleep. I had watched television until 1:30 to get my mind off of things I then turned it off and just layed there to rest. I could not fall back to sleep so as 4:15 I had put my splint on. Until 6:00. I then took the splint off before getting up to take my medication. At 6:30 I then watched Sunday Mass on television. At 7:00 I then went back to sleep until 8:50. I then went into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa and have a bowl of cereal. At 9:21 I had brushed my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. Once I had shaved, I had layed back down to rest. At 9:53 Ihad put some clean laundry away. At 10:00 I then lay back down on my bed so as to listen to my book. At 10:15 Ithen did my back stretch’s. I then preceded with the stretch’s that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 10:55 I layed back down to listen to my book. At 11:30 I had called my grandmother to let her know mom would be there shortly with communion and to let her know the reason why I did not visit today. At 12:15 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 12:30 I had put my splint on before my mother had arrived home. I then stopped listening to my book and took my splint off. At 12:50 I had taken two tylonol before brushing my teeth. At 1:15 I found myself back laying on my bed. I had slept until 4:20 before getting up to take a shower. After doing so, as I was getting ready to eat dinner with my parents, I felts sick to my stomach caused by a migranne headache. I then was only able to eat a piece of toast with some tea. At 5:30 I then did some reading before pulling up my blog.