prep day

My Tuesday morning began at 8:30 a.m. by getting dressed. After doing so, I then made my bed. I then packed my things up from camp before going into the main camp to eat my breakfast. After doing so, I then went back into my camp to brush my teeth before leaving for home with my father at 9:30. My mother had already had left camp. We had arrived home at 10:00. Once inside the house, I began to do my stretches that have have helped each morning since having my last stroke. At 10:11 I then began to do my back stretches. At. 10:40 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before picking out the clothing that I will be wearing for tomorrow. I then continued to play cribbage with my mother. At 11:20 I began the process, taking some medication that I have to take for tomorrows procedure. At 12:00 I then took a shower. I then had some beef broth for lunch before laying down. I slept from 12:30-2:00. I then played words with friends. At 4:20 I then pulled and began to type of my day.

Preparing for my weekly call with nurse Sally

My Monday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by shaving. I then began to do my back stretches and stroke recovery stretches. At 6:00 I then took a shower before going into the main camp at 6:20. I then had a cup of hot cocoa with some fruit. After doing so, I had eaten m bowl of cereal with a toasted english muffin. At 6:50 I then returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth. Once I had my eye and nose drops in, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:35 my father and I left camp. He had taken me over to Franklin Memorial Hospital to have a covid-19 test, it is just preceder that you have follow these days before anything you do involving something to do medically. Once we had drove into the tent, we called and a nurse came out of the hospital. I then rolled down my window. She then swabbed my nose. I will not know the results until tomorrow. At 8:15 we then arrived at Wal-mart to buy three bags of salt to use at home to help keep the water soft. At 8:35 we then stopped at Hanaford to picked up my medication. At 8:44 we then made a stop at the Big Apple to get some gas for my father's truck. We then made a stopped at the town office before going home. We had arrived home at 9:30 where we met my mother. I had stayed there with her until 10:05. My mother and then left for camp. My father stayed behind to do some laundry. At 10:30 we had arrived at camp. Once the car was unpacked, I then put all my medication back in my cupboard. At 10:40 I then recopied my notes that I started to take today into a clean notepad. I did not have enough room in the one that began to use this morning to finish the day out. I then wrote down questions to ask nurse Sally to prepare for her weekly call. My mother's Cell phone finally rang at 11:00. Sally then let me know to message her on messenger, so that we could connect and talk face to face. I then began to ask Sally some questions. for example was it o.k. to use eye drops and nose drops before my procedure. I also asked her if using my inhaler was o.k. She then asked me if it was o.k. to call my mother  Wednesday July 6 after my procedure to see how things went. She let me know that I would be out of it most likely and unable to talk to her. I let her know of course it was o.k. At 11:23 we ended our call. At 11:30 I then did some reading before going into the main camp at 11:45. I then spoke to my mother letting her know what Sally and I talked about. At 12:00 I then watched the local news while eating lunch. at 12:30 I then returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth. I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:30 before waking. four hours. I was shocked when I looked at the time. I then went into the main camp to eat dinner with my parents. At 5:15 I then returned to my camp to take a shower. At 5:40 I then pulled up my blog a and began to type of my day.

Cleaning my camp

My Sunday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then shaved before putting on my clothing for the day. At 8:15 I then went into the main camp so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. At 8:30 I the had a bowl of cereal with a toasted english muffin. I hen brush my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, I then went into the main camp to read day five of the instructions that I have follow for the procedure that I will be having soon. At 9:08 I then changed the sheets on my bed with my mothers help. At 9:15 I then cleaned out my cupboards. At 10:00 I then began to dust. I had finished dusting at 10:40. I then took a picture of Porter Lake, the lake that my camp is on, and posted it on face book. At 11:11 I then lied down to rest and slept until 2:11. I then went into the main camp to have a bite to eat. I then returned to my camp at 2:45 to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 2:58 I then began to do my back stretches. At 3:05 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog at 3:15 so as type in today's blog entry before going out on the main camp deck with my parents to sit and look at the lake before eating dinner.

My sister fixed my computer set up

My Saturday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by shaving before making my bed. I then got dressed before going into the main camp at 8:15, so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 8:40 I then had an egg sandwich for breakfast before returning to my camp with an ice pack to put on my back for ten minutes. At 9:05 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After I had taken in two puffs of air, I then went back into the main camp at 9:20 to put the ice pack back in the freezer. I then returned to my camp at 9:25 to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 9:37 I then started in with my back stretches. At 9:45 I then went back into the main camp to give my mother my I pad, so that my sister could look at it. At 10:00 I then returned to my camp to listen to my audio book. At 10:15 my sister had arrived. Once she had looked over my I pad she had stayed for a while longer before leaving. She had her camper parked on a piece of land that my parents own, so as to get away from the city for the summer. I then listened to my audio book until 12:05 before going back into the main camp to have a bite to eat. At 12:25 I then played two games of cribbage with my mother before returning to my camp at 12:15. Once I had brushed my teeth, I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:40 before waking. I then went on the main deck to sit with my parents. At 4:00 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother while my father prepared dinner. I then sat down to eat with my parents. At 5:10 I then returned to my camp to take a shower and get comfortable for the night. I then watched Sunday Mass before pulling up my blog at 5:55 to type in today's entree.

Calling the pharmacy

My Friday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by making my bed, i then watched the weather before shaving and brushing my teeth. I then brushed my teeth and shaved. Once I had my eye and nose drops in I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. Once I had washed my face, I then left camp with my father to go park at a friends house on the lake that our camp is on so that we could go walking on a less busier road. We arrived at Zips at 6:44, leaving for our walk at 6:47 We had returned to Zip's at at 7:17. We did not walk as long today, do to my asthma. I had a problem breathing yesterday, so we took it easy today. We then went for a ride around the lake. At 7:40 we had arrived back at camp. At 8:22 I had gone into my camp. Once I had brushed my teeth for some odd reason, I then went into the main camp to watch television. At 9:25 I then returned to my camp to put some clean laundry away before starting in with stretches that have helped me in my stroke recovery. At 9:45 I then preceded to do my back stretches before taking out my medication's, so as to fill my empty pill containers. At 10:15 I then returned into the main camp to watch televisioin. At 10:50 I then played two games of cribbage with my mother. At 11:34 I then had a bite to eat before returning to my camp at 11:45 to brush my teeth. I then called the pharmacy to order my propranolol, a seizure medication that helps me pre vent headaches. At 12:10 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:10 before waking. I then went into the main camp to play cribbage with my mother. After two games, I then ate dinner. At 5:40 I then went into my camp to take a shower. At 6:00 I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day.

Taking a walk with my father

My Thursday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by making my bed. I then began to do my stretches that have helped each morning since having my last stroke. After doing so, I then began to do my back stretches. At 7:08 I then went into the main camp so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 7:30 my father then made my a fried egg sandwich. At 7:47 I had returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth. Once I had my eye and nose drops in, I then took two puffs of my inhaler before taking my I pad into the main camp so as to check my email. At 8:30 I then had made my move in words with friends. At 9:30 I then called the hospital about a covid-19 test that I have to have before going through the procedure that I have to have. At 9:45 I then left camp with my father. We had parked the vehicle at a friends and went walking. We walked from 9:50 and returned at 10:30. I to stop and use my rescue inhaler a couple of times, but other then that the walk went well. We then continued to ride around the lake. At 11:04 we arrived at back at camp. I then sat and rested before before playing cribbage with my mother. At 12:00 I then had a bite to eat before returning to my camp to brush my teeth. I then slept from 12:30-4:45. I then went on the main deck of the main camp to sit with my parents. At 5:12 I then returned to my camp so as to blog of my day before eating dinner with my parents.

Having a chat with a friend on messenger

My Wednesday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by making my bed. At 9:10 I then went into the main camp so as to eat some fruit while drinking my. hot cocoa. My mother had then made me an egg sandwich. At 9:37 I then returned to my camp so as to brush my teeth. At 9:48 I then typed another chapter to add to my book. At 10:33 I then put an ice pack on my back, while listening to my audio book. I then continued to listen to my audio book while doing my stroke stretches and back stretches. At 11:15 I then spoke to a friend from WestSide on messenger. She then let me know that she would send me information on Hadley School for the blind, on line courses. We then spoke about the iris net work and how they only take six people at a time during each session. She then let me know that she went to WestSide today for the first time for one hour for physical therapy. We had ended our chat at 12:17. I then went into the main camp so as to play a game of cribbage with my mother. At 12:53 I then returned to my camp so as to rest. I had slept for three hours, waking at 3:54. I then went into the main camp. At 4:00 I then went on the main camps deck to talk with my parents while looking at the water. At 4:45 I then went inside to play a game of cribbage with my mother. At. 5:15 we then ate dinner. At 6:00 I then returned to my camp so as to take a shower. At 6:20 as I was sitting down to type my blog entry I had a sour taste in my mouth adn sick feeling in my stomach and it felt like the room was moving. It only lasted twenty seconds, but long enough. I then pulled up my b log and began to type.