Don't count the days, make the days count.
Friday, February 14, 2020
A trip to the grocery store
My Friday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by having a cup of tea with my fruit. Nursing a winter cold, I then fixed myself a bowl of hot cereal with at piece of toast. At 10:35 I then made my bed before brushing my teeth and shaving. At 7:00 I then washed my dishes before attempting to do my back stretches. At 7:06 I then took a shower. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken two puffs of my inhaler, I then sat down at 7:30 and filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 8:00 I then went to the lobby to wait for United to arrive. Upon my arrival to WestSide, I sat in the lobby briefly before my rehab session with Becca at 9:00; During this hour we had played three games of chess. At 10:00 during basketball group we stayed at WestSide. We had gone to the to the conference room to play skip-bo. At 11:00 we then played life. At 11:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the driver who would be taking me back. Upon my arrival at 12:10 I had fixed myself a bowl of soup. Once I had finished eating, I then put my groceries away, I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:24-3:00 before waking. I then went to Hanaford to pick up a few things. At 5:00 I then unpacked my groceries. At 5:15 I then wetn to the village green to eat. After a bowl of soup, I then ate my meal. Upon my return to my apartment, I then washed my dishes from lunch, before taking taking a shower. At 6:25 my parents had called. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Attending a funeral
My Thursday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then fixed myself a bowl of hot cereal with a piece of toast. At 6:30 I then made my bed. Before brushing my teeth. At 6:45 After washing my dishes, I then shaved before starting in with my stretches that have helped me in my stoke recovery. At 7:11, I then took a shower and got ready for the day ahead. At 7:30 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my inhaler. AT 7:35 I then put a heat pack on my back. At 7:50 I then filled my empty pill containers before calling WestSide to see if they were open. Yes they were, but all transportation was cancelled. I then listened to my audio book while waiting to have Schooner transportation take me to WestSide. On my way there the driver Nancy told me that Jims funeral was today in the Camden living room at 3:30. At 9:40 Nancy took me to WestSide. Upon my arrival at 9:50, I sat in the lobby. While siting there Carina told me about the special event next week and what it intales. Mask making, and dinner on Tuesday 2/18/20. Priyadarshi then approached about ear plugs at Wal-Mart in the sporting good section. At 10:00 during a rehab session with Marie, I first called my Neurologist about my medication before playing Uno. At 11:30 Nancy then picked me up. Upon my arrival back to my apartment, I called the Pharmacy to see about the dosage change on my medication. At 11:38 I had arrived back to my apartment. At 22:38 I had a bowl of soup. I then went to the nurses station to get my medication. At 12:13 I had returned to my apartment. I then called the pharmacy to see about my medication change. At 1:00 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 1:45 before leaving to go to the chiropractor. At 2:30 I had my adjustment. At 2:45 I was on my way back to Schooner. Upon my arrival at 2:45, I had gone to the Camden living room to attend Jim's funeral. After the funeral at 4:00 once I was back in my apartment I had called my parents. After speaking to my mother, I spoke to my father and he was letting me know about a website bows.com for noise canceling ear mufflers. At 5:00 I then started a wash on my way to the village green to eat dinner. At 6:10 on my way back, I had put my wash in the dryer. I then returned to my apartment so as to get comfortable. I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Erin filling in for the second half of yoga group
My Wednesday morning began at 5:00 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, I fixed myself a bowl of hot cereal to go with my half toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 5:40 I then made my bed before starting in with my stretches that have helped each morning since having my last stroke. At 5:56 I ten began to to my back stretches before going to the fitness room at 6:00. I had then cycled for twenty minutes. After going 2.38 miles, I then held a calf stretch. At 6:25 I then grabbed the ten pound bar. At 6:30 I then used the chest press. After three sets of twenty presses, At 7:30 I then grabbed the seven pound dumbbells to continue my weight exercises. At 6:40 I then returned to my apartment so as to take a shower and get ready for the day ahead. At 7:00 I then put my eye and nose drops in before taking two puffs of my inhaler. At 7:10 I then washed my dishes and picked up my kitchen. At 8:00 I then went to the Camden living room to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. At 8:30 United had arrived to take me to my destination. Upon my arrival to WestSide at 8:45, I had sat in the lobby for fifteen minutes before going into a treatment room to play chess with Becca during a rehab session. At 10:00 I then went to the conference room for Adaptive yoga with Marie. For the first thirty minutes we followed an online Fuzion Workout. Marie had to leave the group at 10:30. Erin then stepped in for the next thirty minutes as we continued to exercise. At 11:00 I then went to Priyadarshi's office for a medication and mindfulness practice. After checking in explaining how mindfulness has helped us during the week, we then engaged in a mindfulness practice. At 12:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair diver who would be taking me back. I had arrived at back to my apartment at 12:05 Marilyn had brought her boss Randy in to look at the floor in my apartment, which was like lifting up and cracking. Result, I will be getting a new floor in my kitchen. At 12:30 I then ate my lunch. At 12:50 I then went to the front desk to let sue know that I will be needing transportation to WestSide tomorrow. Do to the storm arriving tonight all transportation from legisticare will be cancelled. Sue then let me know to be in the lobby at 8:30, if Mark does not decide to cancel. At 12:55 I then returned to my apartment and lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:35 I then took a shower before going to the village green to eat. I then returned to my apartment. Once I was comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Thoughts of Skyping Carol to ask questions about the program that I purchased
My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal with banana Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before making my my bed. AT 6:10 I began to do my stretches that have helped me each morning to loosen up since having my last stroke. At 6:23 I then preceded to do my back stretches before making my way to the fitness room at 6:30. I then cycled for twenty minutes. I then held a calf stretch for five minutes before using the chest press. Once I completed three sets of twenty presses, I then grabbed the ten pound bar. At 6:55 I had finished off my weight exercises with dumbbells At 7:00 I then returned to my apartment and took a shower. At 7:15 I then washed my dishes before putting a heat pack on my back for ten minutes. At 7:30 I then put my nose and eye drops in before taking two puffs of my inhaler. At 7:45 Marilyn came into my apartment to get the sheets off my bed and make it with clean ones. At 8:00 I then grabbed my knapsack and wet to the lobby to wait in the Camden Living room. While siting there, I was talking to my neighbor, and he was letting me know that our neighbor across the hall, his wife had passed away. At 8:30 Untied Wheelchair had arrived. United Wheelchair had arrived to transport me to WestSide. Upon my arrival I had sat in the lobby for fifteen minutes before meeting with Priyadarshi. Once we had finished talking about certain things, I then went to Tobie's office for my recreational therapy session. We went down to the computer lab to work on my book. After trying to copy and past my document into the program that I purchased to help creat my book, I then skyped Carol to let her know the problems that we were coming across when trying to copy and paste my document into the program that I purchased. At 11:00 during my nursing time, Sally had taken me to the eye doctor to get my lenses put into the new frames that I had to order. Once we had returned to WestSide at 12:00, Annie from United Wheelchair was there waiting for me. I had arrived back to Schooner at 12:05. Once I was in my apartment, I then had a bowl of soup for lunch. At 12:50 I then brushed my teeth Before laying down to rest. I had slept until 3:30 before waking. I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day before taking a shower and going to the village green.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Playing scrabble
My Monday morning began at 6:00 a.m. After the wild and exciting night that I had last night unexpectedly, I thought I would sleep in a little longer. Once I had eaten some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa, I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal. AT 6:30 I then made my bed before brushing my teeth. At 6:50 I then began to do my stretches that have helped me each morning since having my last stroke. At 7:09 I then began to do my back stretches. Once I was loosened up, at 7:30 I then shaved and took my shower. Once I was ready for the day ahead, At 8:00 I then grabbed my knapsack and went to the Camden Living room. At 8:15 United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to WestSide. Upon arrival at 8:50, I then went to the conference room for newsletter group. We are at a stand still, so Marie ha us playing Uno then scrabble. At 10:00, I had stayed in the conference room for yoga group. Today Marie had us following a Fusion Workout. At 11:00 I continued to stay in the conference room for genealogy group. Today there were only two clients in the group today, so Jesica had focussed on the other clients background. At 12:00 I then went to the lobby to go back to schooner two hours before I had to. Cheryl from United Wheelchair was there waiting for me. I think someone must have let them know of what happened last night. Upon my arrival back to my apartment, My mother had called. I then sat down to have a bowl of my mother's homemade soup, along with the sandwich I had made to eat at WestSide today. At 1:05 I then brushed my teeth. I was then laying down at 1:10 and slept until 4:00 before waking. After last night, I am surprised I did not sleep until tomorrow morning. Once I had taken a shower. At 4:33 I then washed my dishes from lunch before taking my laundry to the laundry room to start two loads of laundry. Upon my arrival to the village green to eat, As I was sitting with Bunny, she had let me know Jim the guy I use to sit with had past away. I had originally met him at WestSide a few years ago. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my apartment, Along the way, I had put my laundry in the dryer. At 6:25 I then returned to my apartment. Once I had something more comfortable on, I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Winding up in the hospital to wrap up my weekend
My Sunday morning began at 8:48 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then made my bed before toasting an english muffin and putting peanut butter and honey on each piece. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth at 9:05 before before washing my dishes.. At 9:17 I then shaved before sitting down at 9:26 and filling my empty pill containers. At 9:52 I then called the pharmacy to order prescriptions that I needed filled. At 10:00 I then began to do my stretches that have helped me each morning since having my last stroke. At 10:15 I then began to do my back stretches. Once I was loosened up, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my inhaler before making my way to the fitness room. At 10:50 I then cycled for twenty minutes. After going 2.66 miles at 11:00 I then held a five minutes calf stretch. At 11:15 I then three sets of twenty presses using the chest press. I then grabbed the seven pound dumbbells, so as to continue my weight exercises. At 11:26 I had returned to my apartment. Once I had taken a shower, I then made myself a salad for lunch. At 12:15 I then sat down to eat my salad. I finished my lunch by eating a yogurt. At 12:40 I then washed my dishes. At 12:45, I had brushed my teeth. I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:15. I then watched a movie until 3:30. I then took a shower before calling my parents. At 4:15 I then went to the village green to play a couple of games of cribbage before eating. At 6:03 I had returned to my apartment, Once I was nice and comfortable, I then made my lunch for tomorrow. At 6:46 I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day. As I was doing so, Someone in there apartment burnt a piece of toast and set the alarm off, with noise blaring and lights flashing, put me into a seizure. Nurses came to my apartment and paramedics shortly afterward. I was then strapped to a stretcher and taken to Saint Mary's hospital. Upon arrival to the hospital I had an I.V. Stuck in my arm and a blood pressure cuff strapped around it. I then had three vials of blood drawn. I was then kept there until 9:30 for observation before being discharged. Paramedics from United ambulance then arrived to transport me back to Schooner. Upon my arrival, Nurses were there waiting for me. I then was taken to my apartment by the paramedics and the nurses from Schooner right behind them. I then finished my blog once everyone left, and I went to bed.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Playing cribbage
My Saturday morning began at 7:10 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then toasted myself half of a english muffin with my bowl of hot cereal. At 7:35 I then washed my dishes and put them away before brushing my teeth and shaving. At 7:55 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my symbicort inhaler. At 8:00, I then went back to bed and slept until 10:20. As I was laying there slowly waking up, I had grabbed my phone, so as to call my mother. We had talked until until 10:36 before hanging up. I then got ready and went to the fitness room. At 10:50 I began to cycle and did so for twenty minutes before, holding a calf stretch for two minutes. At 10:50 I had cycled for twenty minutes before holding a calf stretch for ten minutes. At 11:15 I then used the chest press. After three sets of twenty presses, at 11:00 I had grabbed the seven pound dumbbells to continue my weight exercises. At 11:25 I had done some walking for five minutes before returning to my apartment at 11:30. Once I had taken a shower, At 12:00 I then made myself a salad. At 12:18 I then sat down to eat my salad and a yogurt. At 12:40 I then washed my dishes before laying down to rest. I then watched this weekends Sunday Mass. before laying down to rest once again. This time, I had slept from 1:40-3:30. I then watched netflix until 4:00 before taking a shower. At 4:15, I then went to the Village Green to play cribbage, While waiting to eat. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my apartment. Once I was comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.
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