“We did it” Moving Forward from SCI Injury for Recovery | July 30 – Aug 5 2023

7/30 – Stim Pad Prep!

The look I’m about to give when I’m gonna let Schmüle shave / trim my leg hairs! Haha!

We will see how this goes! I know they said my legs are pretty hairy and I’ll get better life out of the stim pads, and a better connection! So let’s run it and see how this goes!

Another week back into physical therapy, and getting to work with the team! Anthony, Maddie, Katie, Oscar, Al, you name em! They have all been wonderful to meet! I really appreciated the fact that they all gave me hope. The atmosphere here is different? I don’t know how to put my finger on it just yet, but it’s not the same as in the hospital. The hospital was all about the wheelchair, and this has been a total change from that! They got me on the FES bike to start the session, and then from there, they are actually trying to get me up to stand!

SOOO glad to have seen Max today! John brought him over and I miss him so much. Him and his little grinch toes!

Hard to get the hair off someone in a wheelchair if you can’t stand up and brush your legs off! This ended up being a pretty good way to help clean me off! And it was kinda fun! And super silly! Ha!

7/31

Got some Buscemi’s pizza! Oh my goodness. This was insane. This pizza tastes soooo good! This honestly hit the spot after getting done with physical therapy! I could feel it in my legs, how worked and tired they felt! It reminded me of the fatigue I would get in my legs after a really long bike ride! Just shakey and wobbly, just wanting some rest!

Well here we go for therapy! except I HATE that they say I have “paraplegia” I don’t like that word. My legs are feeling more every day!

So, the idea that I need to read this book really has left me feeling pretty dull, and also not very motivated.

I really know that they mean well, but to be honest, it just feels so…. Forced. I’m not sure. It’s hard to say exactly, but I don’t like it. I’m not going to read this, it’s all too much right now.

8/1

I wonder what it would take to make these Armrests outta steel? They aren’t holding up super well when I’m pushing myself up to weight relieve, and I figure I could probably make something better here?

8/3

Spending some time looking at the tabs I had left open on my computer. Pretty sad, really, when I see the bike trail to get up to Estabrook park. Man, I miss that place. That was where I had last rode, with Callie and I. Man oh man, it’s so eerie. Hard to look at.

This list here is honestly a mess. It’s insane to have to be going to the dictionary every other word just to figure out what in the world happened to you. It’s pretty scary, to have to read sometimes.

8/4

Well, I’m pretty lucky to have the mother that I do. She even brings me breakfast, because it’s hard to get out of the bed sometimes in the morning.

It’s crazy too, to have gotten such a view of Winnie’s yard for so long! Him and Millie, moseying about! It’s good to have some stable things in my life to check out right now. And boy is his yard beautiful. It’s really coming to color these days!

This dang back. Goodness. It’s tight, I can hardly feel it. That’s why I have to have mom take a picture and show me, because otherwise I’d never know what was back there, I’m so dang stiff. Also wearing this brace is freaking awful! I wonder how many more weeks I need to wear this! Ugh. It’s not so fun to wear in the car, and I’m wobbly as all heck in the car, I can barely hold myself up!

8/5

Dang. Wish I was up in the UP. My buddy Joe sent me this image when he was up there for the weekend. Man oh man do I miss that place! And miss getting outside!