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Thursday, January 15, 2026

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.   

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

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. 

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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. 

Monday, January 12, 2026

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. 

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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. 

Saturday, January 10, 2026

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.  

Friday, January 9, 2026

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.