The day was too long. But, we survived. It was more a shopping trip. There is not that much that you can do in a wheelchair for 10 hours.
The day was beautiful. It was wonderful to spend the day outside. We do not usually spend much time outside. We were out or doors for hours. WE sat and watched the boats come in and out. This brought back fond memories for William he used to boat in his younger years.
We got tickts to ride amusement stuff. But, the only one that I could manag
Today we get to go on a little trip to Kemah. Let's see if William is going to behave. We are going with the YMCA on a county bus. This is such a nice service. It is wheelchair accessable. William & I are the only ones that go with a wheelchair. We leave at 1:30P and get back at 10P. This will be a late day excursion. I am letting William sleep in this morning and I have cancelled our pool outing. I do not need a cranky tired William on my hands in Kemah.
I have insisted that
I let William sleep in this morning. I got him up about 8AM. I told him that we needed to get moving. I wanted to get the pool done. He was amenable to that. We get to the YMCA and he wants to try to go to the bathroom. OK. Nothing happens. Now, I get him into the water. It is nice and warm today.' 5 minutes into our workout. William starts in. He wants to leave!!! This just rubs me the wrong way. It takes me an hour to get him ready and into the water. I cannot do only 5 minutes
We are taking a break from regular PT. OUr regular therapist is working inpatient. We need the break. Twice a week really uses up free time.
This means that the pool is very important. This is still happening 3-4 times week.
Today , we got to the pool at 9AM. This nice cool weather is sleep in weather. William did not want to go to the pool, but he did not give me a hard time. After a shower, we have a cup of coffee and then I checked the quilt group. We stopped and visited awhile.
Physical therapy will continue for another week. The therapist said that William is progressing and she wants to continue therapy. She starts working on inpatient and therefore we will be taking a break.
She has William trying to take weight on his left leg. He has a tendency to put more weight on the right leg. I cannot imagine how it feels. The left side does not have feeling.
We are still going to the pool 3-5 days of the week, depending on my work schedule. I do take him to the
Sunday, William did not have the best day. He was depressed and confused. I left him in bed to sleep and told him that I was going to the YMCA to swim.
The front staff come and find me in the pool. They tell me that somebody has called and said that William had a stroke.
I cannot breathe. Oh, No. Not another stroke! he is just getting a little better. What kind of set back will we have.
I try to call home but no answer. I throw on some dry clothes and drive home.
On my way home..I st
Saturday we had a great day at the pool. It was off to a rocky start. William said that he was really comfortable in bed and did not feel like leaving it. I said that we had lots to do. I wanted to get started with the day. We had to do the pool then a movie and lunch. Well, the movie and lunch cinched it. That got William out of bed. We went to the pool and he walked really well. I have started incorporating arm exercises. On the way out of the pool, William tells me that he really w
William had a great day at physical therapy. The therapist said that she is very pleased with William's progress. She has noticed that William can move his left leg. We just need to work on it. He is able to walk with controlled supervision. Just a short ways. But, this is a miracle. I credit this to our hyrdo-therapy. We go to the pool and walk 3-4 days of the week.
I got William up at 5AM. We started out and then I saw a lightening strike. I asked William if he saw it. He didn't
I will be getting a Stephen's minister and so will William. I was describing my life to the counselor and she could not believe that i do so much. She said that with my schedule the minister would have to get in touch with me at 1AM in the morning. I told her that that is about the case.
I shared with her about William's stroke journey. She said that i did not talk much about myself. I am so focused on William's therapy and recovery that i do not focus on myself. She said that it was a
William is back in physical therapy. The therapist is using the lema strap on this left leg. It is helping with the dorsiflexion, knee extension, hip hiking and external rotation. it seems to give him alot more control of where his left foot lands. The therapist is using the lite gait to give him the security that he will not fall down. He is asked to stand on a step with his right leg. this puts more pressure on the weak left leg. She is also using e-stem on the thigh muscle. this is in
Another travel day for us. We head our eary for Austin. this is a 2-1/2 hour trip. Au'sg. 13. 2010. I tried blogging earler but accidently erased everything. We stopped half way to Austin. A nice little place that had pastries and kolaches. I bought Wm and myself a Kolache and we shared a chocolate milk. Just what we needed at that time of day. I had remembered to bring Wm's meds with me so that he could On the way. I just did it again. I hit a key and erased all that I had writeen.
William managed the trip well. He was up at 6AM and we go to the YMCA at 6:30. The bus left exactly at 7AM. It is a 2-1/2 hour trip to our destination. I used the roho cushion on the bus seat. This worked!! No sore balls. At least , not unbearably sore. First stop was a rest stop for a bathroom break. Next stop Shiner Texas and the Opera house. This houses alot of Beer memorbelia and they have dinner shows also. It is a beautiful old building. We learned the history of the opera hous
We have an outing tomorrow. Shiner Texas with the YMCA. This is where they make Shiner beer. Not being a beer drinker, I know very little about the city. But, This is one of my methods of. getting William out and about. He loves to be out and going. It is just difficult for me. I need to transfer him alot on trips. Finding bathrooms is not alot of fun. We have a long line of people to wait through to get to use the restroom. A busful of people. The day is long. 7A to 5:30P. William alw
Saturday. we got picked up right on time. We arrived at our appointment 2 hours early. We had a long day. After therapy, We waited for our pick-up. I saw the bus go right by us. I called dispatch and said that she missed us. They told me that we were a no show. I told her that we had been waiting for 35 minutes.
They had to reschedule. Finally at 4:30PM. 2 hours late we were picked up. The driver told me that he has never picked anybody up at this location. Anyway for a 1-1/2 ho
Metrolift is Houston's aid to the handicapped. This is a bus system that will pick William up with an attendent and transpoft him to where he would like to go. I am trying it out today.
I had to call yesterday to reserve the ride for today.
I had to apply. This took about 6 weeks. Then we had to go in for an interview. We passed the interview and had a card mailed to us. This took about 10=14 days.
I went and bought tickets to use the bus after I got the card.
I wanted to test t
I am so frustrated. William has been up since 2AM . He is concerned about the pool. We will get up at 5:30A. But, since he is up so early ...we can have an even earlier start. But, we need to discuss the pros and cons of therapy. Let me tell you at 4AM I am not in the best of moods. I go on for 30 min. Mind you, we started this discussion at 2 AM. I finally, threaten him. We go or I quit. We do go and William after we are finished agrees that it was good to go and exercise.
But
Hurricane Alex is coming this way. I told William that this morning at 5AM. "Lets go to the pool before the storm hits." William woke from a sound sleep and went to the pool with me. We were the first ones in the pool. it was as smooth as glass.
William wanted to get out of the pool in 10 minutes. I persuaded him that we needed to stay 30 min. 6:30AM. Now, that William get use the instead of the chair lift...he heads for the walkway. I tried to explaine that with the hurricane we n
The news that Lisa lost her Ralph. I was just devastated. Lisa and Ralph, I have known for awhile. I know that this is internet. But, I feel the loss so keenly. It is strange how well you get to know people on this site.
I really hate to think about death. I feel that we have come so far. We have worked so hard and then all of a sudden out of the dark comes death .
Stroke survivors have challenged death and won. But, there is always the chance that it(death) will come back to
Today we had the last assessment for the Lokomat clinical study. William did well.
This brings us to the point that we can now start more PT and OT.
It was good to see the progress that William has made.
Before the study started, our initial assessment was made by William trying to walk using the quad cane. The therapist was seated on a stool and manually lifted his left leg.
The assessment at the end of therapy. William was able to walk with moderate help. The therapist didn't have t
Fred,
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Maybe you computer is not totally fixed yet.
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I started throwing too much stuff away. I wanted to declutter.
I ordered some book on Amazon for William and I used the visa gift card that we had been given. I placed the order and got the response that it was accepted and the order would be sent. This was 4 days ago. Today, i open up my e-mail to read that the card was denied. My problem, is that I threw the card out. I had it sitting around for a couple of days and then I tossed it out. the trash was just picked up this AM. I hate
William stroked on 12-13-08. This will be a date that is etched on my brain. it is like my birthday.
He was reading Ezekial preparing for Sunday school. He was reading out loud. He stopped reading. I looked over and he appeared to have nodded off. This is odd. I went over and checked...his breathing is labored. I asked him to standup. I told him that we need to go to the hospital now. He said" give me a minute". He couldn't do it. I called 911 and said "I think that my husband j
Today was amazing!! I am walking William in the pool. It is 5AM in the morning. All of a sudden William is swimming!! Didn't even bother letting me know what he is going to do. What a shock. He has just started putting his face and head in the water. Now he is swimming with his right arm and kicking his legs.
He reminded me that I needed to take the weights and water shoes off. I had not even thought of this. He kept swimming with his right arm and his legs. I tried to work the
I had just listened to a program on diet. This has prompted me into a better diet again. I fiexed peanut butter toast, oaktmeal with strawberries, apricots and pineapple and OJ. I told William that the the peanut butter toast was like bacon and eggs. He loved the fruit.
We made it to the therapeutic pool today. We had a nice long hour in the water. William is so much better in warm water. He was willing to stay for an hour. We did the warm exercises and walking and leg exercises and
Well another first. William put his face in the water and blew bubbles. I don't know why he has not done this before. But, Yes, this was a first. He was watching this boy dive in the water to pick up hoops and said that he could do that. He hasn't done that yet. But, this is a start.
I have started taking William to a different YMCA. This has a therapeutic pool. It is always warm. William is so much better. He never suggests that we leave. I am the one that has to make the sugg
