Days til brace off: 49 = 7 weeks
Days til moving out of RIC: 26
Let me take a moment and say thanks again for the cards and other things I’m receiving here during my recovery. Reading them provide me with moments of (depending on the card) encouragement, insight, laughter, tears, contemplation, and most of all, love. So thank you so much. I feel very blessed and they are certainly making things easier for me in here. Not everyone in here is so lucky. A year or two (or any time, really) from now, I will go through these letters and remember what I went through and all the love and prayers that surrounded my recovery. Thank you so much!
My new roommate seems to also have friends that like to talk. Here’s something funny I couldn’t help but pick up, as they are loud and I was trying to nap:
I tell you what, that girl better get her act together. I told her you best not be so cocky about going to high school. You need a 2.0 to get into high school or they will hold you back. She told me that she knows that and backtalked me. Can you believe that? She backtalked ME! Anyway I guess she is gonna end up with a 2 point something but she’s still all cocky. I don’t know why. It’s not like a 2.0 is even something to brag about. I mean I tried hard in school. I did my math. You got to. A 2.0. Pseesh! That’s like a “D” average!…… Sherish is so wishy-washy and Yoganda - you never know what that girl’s gonna do. Anyway I was real scared to see you. I thought you’d be all bandaged up or looking terrible or something. But you look alright. Damn! The less people I have to deal with, the better my life is gonna be. You know what I’m saying? People always be….
Anyway constant isn’t the word. Unceasing is more accurate. I don’t know how she comes up with so much material to talk about. Pretty sure she’s the mom of the graduating 8th grader. Earplugs don’t seem to work so I’m listening to music right now. I figured I’d find the humor in it instead of complain. If you don’t get the “D” average part, then…. just don’t worry about it.
Today is a good day. I slept better thanks to earplugs. Those things are magic (if someone isn’t talking loudly).
10-11am - Lokomat training. I seem to be making the graph spike more often that before. Hopefully that means my legs are getting stronger. Mainly my right leg.
11am-noon - We were gonna play basketball with special wheelchairs made just for it, but the guy that was supposed to supply them fell through. So I got in bed and rested, worked, etc.
1-2pm - OT with Stephanie. We did some arm bike endurance training and then weightlifted.
2:30-3:30pm - This was pretty cool. Pool therapy with Justine. Amy, who is the assistant to my main PT, Sara, joined as well. After some arm and balance exercises, Justine had me stand up in the pool with her much-needed assistance. She pushed her knees against mine and held my hips and I put my hands on her shoulders. No, we weren’t slow-dancing 7th grade-style. I stood 4 times and it felt really good to put that weight on my leg(s) (mostly the right leg doing the work). She had also heard how I had made it around the pool with what Martha calls walking. Actually everyone calls it walking. I call it duck waddling since I lift my hips up and throw my legs forward. My mom tells me that this time I was definitely taking larger steps. It’s hard for me to tell so I can just hope she’s right. Also we tried using a walker in the pool. Between the already-existing buoyancy and my foam brace, I kept floating upwards. So it was hard to really plant my foot down and put weight on it. But I still moved the thing and took a few steps. That felt pretty good.
Prayers today go to Chris. See pic below -
I may have mentioned Chris before. He was injured years ago in a diving accident. He thought the water was far deeper than it was, and broke his spine just below his neck. He couldn’t move any of his limbs and now he is moving a fair amount. This semester he is graduating from DePaul University, then out to tackle the world. He left RIC today. Please pray for Chris today.
Rebecca’s brother Stephen and his wife Leah just got back from an excursion looking for a place to do business with a Christian focus. They were in areas with high concentrations of Muslims. Praise that they had a successful trip, learned a lot, and are back safe.
G’night -
Chip
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