Heavy Traffic
Friday, 1 November 2013 00:04![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dr_phil_physicsThursday was a busy day. The RN came this morning -- I am healthy enough that I don't really need a check visit by a visiting nurse, other than monitoring my vitals due to the number of prescriptions I am still taking.
At 1pm the HHA came for Shower Day -- the shower transfer bench arrived last Friday a couple of hours after the HHA's first visit. The OT had helped with a dry run of getting in and over the tub on Monday. Today was the proof of concept. In the hospital, a shower took about an hour. A sponge bath last week took about an hour. Today's shower took around 40 minutes. Hey, this stuff might actually work.
Later in the afternoon PT came and among other things, I verified that I could get up from a kitchen chair by myself. And I took a step down into the garage, turned around and we experimented with some different step up techniques. Although it's the left leg and foot with the nerve damage and I am right handed, it is much easier to climb up a step for me leading with the left. The left leg actually has a great deal of strength. I knew that before, but we had to test some things. I guess I am just weird that way.
Oh, and a fourth vehicle came up the driveway delivering a postal package. Haven't seen this much activity in our driveway in years. Of course, no Trick-or-Treaters came by again this year. Just as well, we didn't bother to buy any bags of candy, though Mrs. Dr. Phil and I split a dark chocolate Snickers she'd bought special for dessert tonight. (grin)
Managed to sleep in bed all night. This being home thing is coming along. And I continue to find that long stay in hospital to be a fading dream... How quickly we adapt.
Dr. Phil
At 1pm the HHA came for Shower Day -- the shower transfer bench arrived last Friday a couple of hours after the HHA's first visit. The OT had helped with a dry run of getting in and over the tub on Monday. Today was the proof of concept. In the hospital, a shower took about an hour. A sponge bath last week took about an hour. Today's shower took around 40 minutes. Hey, this stuff might actually work.
Later in the afternoon PT came and among other things, I verified that I could get up from a kitchen chair by myself. And I took a step down into the garage, turned around and we experimented with some different step up techniques. Although it's the left leg and foot with the nerve damage and I am right handed, it is much easier to climb up a step for me leading with the left. The left leg actually has a great deal of strength. I knew that before, but we had to test some things. I guess I am just weird that way.
Oh, and a fourth vehicle came up the driveway delivering a postal package. Haven't seen this much activity in our driveway in years. Of course, no Trick-or-Treaters came by again this year. Just as well, we didn't bother to buy any bags of candy, though Mrs. Dr. Phil and I split a dark chocolate Snickers she'd bought special for dessert tonight. (grin)
Managed to sleep in bed all night. This being home thing is coming along. And I continue to find that long stay in hospital to be a fading dream... How quickly we adapt.
Dr. Phil
