Rehab - Day 30 (15 Dec 2010)

Peter woke everyone up at 5.00 a.m. by pressing the emergency button instead of nurse call!!  So from then on, nurse calls buttons buzzing all over the place - lol - really had the nurses running.  At least it's only him now cos Joyce went back to her nursing home, so blessed quiet from Room 6 again.

I got myself up and to the loo - have to keep practisimg to make sure I didn't imagine that I can do this.  One thing I can't do is bend down to pick something up off the floor as I found out when I tried to pick up some paper on the floor and sat down rather abruptly back on the shower chair.  So, more squats are needed to work those particular muscles.

Email from Chris, at last, he never got my one about the blog or did they want to come for Boxing Day brunch, and he said they have Boxing Day free so wrote him back saying Boxing Day would be great.  He enclosed a photo of the girls and Charlie seems old enough for her own "stuffie" so I went back into Saffron Craig site and ordered the Owl "stuffie".  I was thinking she was still a babe in arms but I forget how much time has passed.

Had to be down at Physio at 8.30 so when I got down there, asked Alissa could we make it later in the day cos nurses haven't got time between 8.00am meds and 8.30am pick up to do obs, shower and change my dressing.  Another good workout too - now it's all about strengthening legs and arms so used the weight rod again and also a set of pedals (thought I was going to get to use this rather swish exercise bike but it's too low for me to get up from, so that will have to wait.  Alissa asked me if I wanted to try just using the wheelie walker - and do away with the wheelchair and I said I was game - so the goal is no chair at all by the end of the week, so lots of practice at getting out of an ordinary chair cos still have difficulty with that.  So to that end we walked me upstairs with the wheelie walker and I made the whole distance too.

AND Alissa said  we are making an end date in January and I said I was planning 20th (which is a Friday) so we agreed on that - yeay for our side.  She seems more decisive than Praline so in the space of 2 days, she's assessed me, tested me, made up her mind just what I can handle and put it into practice.  She, like Nick, checks how tired I am but gets me to do extra things if she thinks I can manage.

There was an hour before OT so I just played games and Bree supervised my shower and then did dressing and creamed my toes and then I just didn't get to OT, had lost interest - oops.  I'm more into physio and exercise right now but will definitely go tomorrow.  OT at 10:00 and Physio 11:00 should be a great time.  Out to lunch (and found out it was Wednesday not Tuesday like I thought) and today Penny said I could have the fish as was tho negotiated for mashed vegies rather than the whole ones.  The fish (Fish Prima Vera) was really nice and no problems eating it so enjoyed that immensely.  I also really enjoyed the raspberry Weis bar, so a lovely lunch.

Alissa came up to see me this arvo and we went outside to the dining room to try an ordinary chair bumped up in height and as I managed that OK, she decided the wheelchair was going today, so wheelie walker everywhere except Physio where we'll practice with the walking stick!! WOW!  It's all happening.  So Tracey will sort out the chair in OT and I'm a normal person again.

Soup in my room cos still pretty stuffed from lunch.  Spent the nite catching up on 7 months worth of Fashion Police on EOnline - with slowness of the wi-fi connection, that took till 10.00 - LOL - helps to pass the time!  Then easily off to sleep, it's a long time since 2.30am.