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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

cleaning my camp

My Tuesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by shaving. I then went into the main camp to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I had eaten a breakfast of ham and potato's with one egg and a piece of toast. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 9:50 so as to brush my teeth. At 10:00 I then changed the sheets on my bed before putting some clean laundry away. At 10:32 I then vacuumed my camp before wiping things down with Clorox wipes. At 11:00 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:10 I then lied down to rest and slept until 2:10 before waking. I then went into the main camp so so as to call the pharmacy to see if my new seizure medication was in. At 3:00 I then played a game of tock with my parents. My mother won tonights game. At 4:10 my parents and I then ate dinner. Once we had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.

Monday, July 13, 2020

giving my neurologist permission to talk to nurse Sally

I began my Monday morning at 3:00 a.m, by having yet another seizure. Same symptoms as usual, sour taste in mouth dizzy, felt like my bed was moving. I then tried to get back to sleep, but no luck. I lay there until, 6:15 a.m. before going for a walk with my father. We had returned to where we had parked the truck at 8:40. We then went back to camp. We arrived at camp at 8:58. Once I had eaten my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa, I then had a bowl of cereal with a piece of toast. At 7:37 I then returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 7:51 I then took a shower. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:10 I then read some information on my insurance. At 9:30 I had filled my empty pill containers fro the week before laying down to rest. I had slept from 10:10-12:36. Once I had taken my seizure medications, I then went into the main camp so as to eat my lunch. Once I had finished eating, I then called my neurologist to let her know that I have been having seizures now, for quite some time. At 1:33 I then called Nurse Sally to let her know that I gave my Neurologist permission to talk to her, to help me figure out how to take them. Sally then let me know not to do anything until she messages me on how to do take them. At 2:09 I then played cribbage with my mother. After two games we went out on the deck with my father at 3:00. We sat out there until 3:44. We then went back inside until it stopped raining. At 3:50 my parents and played a board game called tock. Once we had finished doing so, we then ate dinner at 5:00. At 5:30 I then returned to my camp so as to take a shower and get comfortable for the night. I then pulled up my blog so as to type of the days events.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

It's a skunk !!!

My Sunday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by shaving. I then went into the main camp so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 10:15 I then had eaten a breakfast of scrambled eggs, english muffin with some chopped ham and banana. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 10:37 so as to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops, before taking in two puffs of air. At 10:56 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. Once I had completed my back stretches, I then watched Sunday Mass. After doing so, I had gone into the main camp at 12:10to play three games of cribbages with my mother. She really took a beating today. I had beaten her twice and skunked her the other game. I guess it was just my day. At 1:30 I then returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept until 4:00 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then went into the main camp so as to eat dinner with my parents. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 5:30 so as to pull up my blog and to type of the days events.

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Having a seizure to wrap up my day

My Saturday morning began at 9:45 a.m. by going into the main camp after taking one tylenol for a headache that I was having. Once inside, I then drank my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 10:00 I then had peanut butter and honey on an english muffin toasted. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my camp at 10:18 so as to brush my teeth and shave. Once I had made my bed, I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 10:56 I then did my back stretches before before going on face book briefly. At 11:06 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 11:10 I then went into the main camp to sit in the air conditioning while waiting for my mother to play cribbage. At 11:27 my mother and I had played two games of cribbage. At 12:30, I then had a bite to eat before returning to my camp at 12:45. Once I had brushed my teeth, I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:30. I then got up to take a shower, so as to get comfortable for the night. I then went into the main camp at 4:45 to eat dinner with my parents. As I was sitting down, I had all the symptoms of a seizure. Before I realized  I had one, my mother had looked at me and said, "Did you just have a Seizure?" "Yes," I replied. We then sat down to a meal spaghetti and garlic bread. Wanting another plate full, I just could not. I had to go to my camp to lay down briefly before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.

Friday, July 10, 2020

A quick trip home and back

My Friday morning began at 8:50 a.m. by giont into the main camp so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. My mother then made me an egg with a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 9:17 to brush my teeth and shave. At 9:30 I then put my eye and nose drops in before taking two puffs of my inhaler. I then left for home with my mother at 9:40. We had arrived home 10:07. Once I was in my bedroom I had taken a shower. At 11:00 We then left the house. We arrived back to camp at 11:30. We had arrived back at camp at 11:30. Once the car was unpacked, I then went into my camp at 11:50 to rest. I had slept until 2:30 before waking. I then wetn into the main camp to play a game of cribbage with my mother. At 3:20 I then wetn onto the deck of the main camp to sit with my parents. At 4:07 we then went inside to eat dinner. At 5:00 I then went into my camp to get my I pad to bring into the main camp where there was air conditioning to enter todays blog entry.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Finally, a visit with my grandmother

My Thursday morning began at 7:45 a.m. by making my bed. I then went into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After a bowl of chereos and a piece of toast, I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth and shave. At 8:50 I then left camp with my father to go home. We had arrived home at 9:20. After giving me a haircut, at 8:50 we then left for the Pierce House where we met my mother who had just come from work. We were to visit my grandmother sitting outside under a tent. After our visit, My mother and I left the Pierce House at 10:45. We then made a quick stop at Tranton's a grocery store in town to pick up a few things. At 11:05 we then made a quick stop off at my mother's place of work so she could finish some business she had to take care of. At 11:22 we had left my mother's place of work and made a stop off at the bank. I had picked something up to eat along the way back to camp, so as to not waist anytime upon arrival. We had arrived at camp at 12:00 noon. Once in my camp, I had brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:15-3:15 before waking. At 4:00 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 4:22 I then began to do my back stretches. At 4:30 I then went out on the deck of my parents camp to sit and talk with them. At 4:50 we then went inside the main camp to eat dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then watched the news briefly before returning to my camp to take a shower, so as to get comfortable for the night. I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Starting my day with a walk with my father

My Wednesday morning began at 7:15 by brushing my teeth and shaving. At 7:25 I then made my bed and washed my face. At 7:32 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:43 I then left camp with my father to park the car on a more safe road to walk on. We arrived at our destination at 7:50. We then took off for our walk. We arrived back at the truck at 8:11.  We arrived back at camp at 8:18. Once I was inside the camp I had my cup of hot cocoa with some fruit. After doing so, I then had eaten my breakfast.  At 8:56 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth At 9:15 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 9:26 I then began to do my back stretches. Once I was all loosened up, at 9:28 I had filled my empty pill containers. At 10:20 I then took my shower before going into the min camp to play a game of cribbage with my mother. After doing so, I then at 12:30 had a bite to eat for lunch before returning to my camp to brush my teeth. I then went to bed. I slept until 3:50 before going into the main camp to go sit on the deck with my parents. We talked until 4:47 while watching to boats go by. At 4:30 we went inside to eat. At 4:47 I then returned to my camp to wait out the storm we were having. At 5:15 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.