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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Caryn my P.T. taking pictures of Dan my P.T.A. during our P.T. session

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had half of an english muffin toasted with a bowl of cereal with banana. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. At 5:57 I then brushed my teeth before starting in with my back stretches. At 6:25 I then took a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, at 7:45 I had left the house to go to Goodwill Neuro Rehab at WestSide. At 9:00 I went strait to the gym to ride the Nu Step on level three four mive minutes, Level four for five minutes then level four for five minutes. Dan then had me in the parallel bars placing my foot on the bosu ball side step. While doing so Caryn took pictures so that I could put them in my book. I then went into the kitchen for cooking group. today I pealed potato's and chopped them. I then boiled Once we had finished making our meal with then ate. At 1:00 I then went to see Innis for counseling. Once we had finished talking, I then left for home. I had arrived home at 3zz:07. I lied down to rest. I slept until 4:22. After taking a shower, I then went into the kitchen to eat. At 4:55 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Monday, February 13, 2023

Making great progress during P.T. and my book

 My Monday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen, so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. At 6:00 I then had an egg bite with two muffins. Once I had finished eating, I then, at 6:36 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 6:43 I then took a shower Once I was dressed for the day, I then called the pharmacy to order some medication. They let me know it would be ready Wednesday after 8:00 a.m. At 8:30 I then left for WestSide. Upon my arrival at 10:00 I went strait to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. Dann first had me on the Nu Step for. on level three for five. minutes, then on level five for the last five. He then had me do. a five minute cool down on level three the last five minutes. Dan then had me in the parallel bars. to do some side stepping with ankle weights At 9:45 I then took a water break before before doing some more side side stepping. I then walked three laps without my brace. At 11:00 I then went to the conference room for memory strategies group. Keileigh and Skylar had given us steps to find objects they placed on the table. We first had to repeat them then pick them up. They had us find articles and words in a news article. At 11:20 we then did a crossword puzzle. At 12:00 I then went to the dining area to eat lunch. At 1:00 during my recreational session with Sam, we continued to work on my book in the computer room. We finished putting the pictures in the chapters. We then counted the pages.1277 pages for the kindle book version on amazon or physical copy available. We fubusged formatting. Now we just have to grammar check. At 2:00 I then went to the conference room in the conference room with Emily and Skylar. At 3:00 I then left to go home. I arrived home at 4:00. Once I had taken a shower, and was comfortable for the evening, I had eaten dinner at 4:30. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog at 4:56 to type of my day. 

Sunday Mass on line

 My Sunday morning began at 8:47 a.m. by waking by a call from my sister. I then went into the kitchen, so as to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 9:10 I then had a cheese omelet for breakfast along with a hash brown. Once I had finished eating, at 9:30 I had returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. At 9:44 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:47 I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. At 9:47 I then watched church on line. At 10:40 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:00 I began to do my upper body workout. At 11:15 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to work my legs. At 11:23 I had dfinished my workout I then put an icepack on my back while waiting for my mother to arrive home from church, she did so at 11:45. Once she had given me communion, I then lied down to rest and slept from 12:00 to 3:00. I then took my shower so as to get comfortable for the evening before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Cleaning my bathroom

 My Saturday morning began at 10:15 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a slice of french toast. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at at 10:45 to brush my teeth. At 11:00 my father gave me a haircut. Once my ears were lowered, I had returned to my bedroom at 11:18 to take the sheets off of my bed. At 11:21 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:30 I then made my bed with clean sheets. At 11:31 I then did my stroke stretches. At 11:50 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:08 I began to work my upper body. Once I had finished my workout at 12:10 I then shaved. At 12:25 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 12:30 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 12:45 I then cleaned my bathroom At 1:15 I had finished doing so. I was then feeling tired, so I lay down to rest and slept from 1:47-4:00. Once I had taken a shower and clean for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 4:14 to eat dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 4:50 to blog of my day. 

Friday, February 10, 2023

Getting my transportation straitened out

 My Friday morning began at 10:20 a.m. The weather being the way it snowy and what not, my day was canceled to go to Goodwill Neuro Rehab at WestSide. I had gone into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot chocolate while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had eaten my fruit and a muffin. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 11:03 to brush my teeth After doing so, I then made my bed before shaving. At 11:26 I had put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, at 11:23 I had washed my hair and face to wake up. At 11:48 I began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:10 I began to my upper body with weights. At 12:20 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to work my legs. At 12:25 I then put an icepack on my back. At 12:40 Ricky one of the dispatcher's from United Wheelchair had called to ask me if I was going to WestSide on Monday. Because Motive Care had me down as not going in. He then let me know that he would take car of it for me, so that United would pick me up Monday. At 1:12 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:38 before waking. Once I was awake, I had called United to see if things were all set. I spoke to Derek and let me know that things are all set. At 3:38 I then took my shower so as to get comfortable for the evening. After doing so, I went into the kitchen at 3:47 to eat dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:30 to blog of my day. 

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Listening to my audio book

 My Tuesday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen, so as to eat my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, at 9:38 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana and a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 10:00 to brush my teeth After doing so, I then made my bed. At 10:11 I then shaved before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 10:24 I began to do my back stretches. At 10:55 I then began to do my stroke stretches. Once I had finished with my stretches, at 11:02 I then grabbed my weights and began to work my upper body. Once I had finished my routine, I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to work my legs. At 11:15 I had completed my workout. At 11:24 I had put some clean laundry away before putting an icepack on my back and and ankle for thirty minutes while listening to my audio book. At 12:00 I then watched the news until 12:30. After filling my empty pill containers, at 2:55 I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:00. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then went into the kitchen at 4:20 to eat dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:52  to blog of my day. 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Meeting Emily a new rehab tech

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then at 6:24 had a bowl of cereal with banana and slice of toast with jam. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 6:43 to brush my teeth and shave. After. doing so, I began to do my back and stroke stretches. After doing so, I then my upper body weight workout before strapping on my ankle weights to work my legs. At 7:07 I then shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 7:20 I then put on my shorts, t-shirt and sweat suit. At 7:00 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. While waiting for my ride to arrive, I watched the news. At 8:30 I had left the house. At 9:30 I had arrived at WestSide. I sat in the lobby until 10:00. At 10:00 I then went to the computer room with Sam for recreational therapy session, so as to work on putting description for each picture in all of the chapters. At 11:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan . Today we began the session by walking two laps around the outer hallway of the gym and dining area. After doing so Dan had me twenty minutes on the Nu Step. After talking it over with Caryn they bumped it up from level three to level four. After twenty minutes and .89 mile, I then went into the parallel bars. Once Dan had strapped the gate belt around my waist. My legs felt like rubber. Once in the bars, I began to do my leg exercises. At 12:00 I then went into the kitchen to eat lunch. At 1:00 I then went into the conference room for chess group. We had another client join the group today. he and the other client played while I played my last game with Keileigh. and she won. Although, I had her at one point. Keileigh will be  She taking another position .A new rehab tech sat in on the group named Emily. on  to do some training before she officially starts. At 2:00 I then went into the craft room for poetry group with Skylar. Today she had us write writing a poem on fear. She then had us write a poem with the words Truth, Heart, Wind, and Man in it. At 3:00 I then went to the lobby to meet my ride home. I arrived home at 4:20. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 5:06 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day.