RIC day 28

4 weeks here.  Crazy.

Days till brace off: 51

Days till moving out of RIC: 28 days

11am-noon - Group therapy.  Armchair aerobics, basically.

1-2pm - PT with Svetlana.  We mainly worked on leg muscles.  So glad to be able to say that!  She attached a leg via a rope to this metal grid on the ceiling.  Then I’d work out different leg muscles by swinging my leg and holding.  Quad, hip flexor, hamstrings, etc.  I did this with both legs but my right leg is way, way stronger.  It just felt great to work out the legs.

3-4pm - PT with a guy who’s name I can’t spell.  Voltak?  First we practiced balancing.  Then out of nowhere he asked me to stand up by leaning on him.  I did it and had most of the weight on my feet, flexing my right leg as best I could.  It wasn’t pretty but I did it.  We did this a few times.  Then we moved over to the parallel bars to repeat the process.  Finally he got me to try taking a few steps.  It was hard as heck and I pretty much cheated by lifting my hips and swinging my legs, but I “kind of” took a couple very short steps.  Like, inches.  But it’s a start.

4-5pm - Group therapy with Dr. Sweet.  We discussed how hard it is to try and feel normal around friends, family, and strangers in society.  Pretty interesting discussion.

Rebecca, Stephen and Leah joined up later and we went to grab a bit and watch the Bulls beat the Heat, which was a surprise to all of us.  

That’s about it for tonight.  I’m pretty tired.  Thanks to God for the progress I’ve experienced.  I’ll take whatever I can get.

G’night,

Chip