Veteran Patient!

My latest stay in hospitals was 3 weeks. My dad says I always go all in! I broke my right ankle (weak side of my body) Christmas night. I was transferring from my recliner to my wheelchair, lost my balance and fell. After that I just went to bed and didn’t think I hurt myself. I didn’t sleep very much that night because of the throbbing. Next morning Walter called EMS I knew something was wrong.

The Old Way

When will we get back to normal? I’ve asked that question a lot these past three years. I used to work, drive, garden, knit, crochet, cook, etc… That was the old way “normal” three years ago. Now “normal” is staying at home every day, a ride on my scooter to check the garden, watching my husband do all the house chores I can’t do. When I first realized my limitations I was grieving losing the old way. I had to create a new way “normal”, and I did just that.

Don’t be Stressed!

These are trying times! The one thing I have to say is don’t stress. When people are given a medical situation and don’t know what to do, they stress.

I’m Done!

I’m done with therapy. I appreciate & love all the therapists that worked with me throughout my recovery. I know I wasn’t always the easy loveable patient that I portray now. Rehab Without Walls discharged me after five months, and I told my therapists that I was going to take some time off from therapy. My therapists got me to agree to resume outpatient physical therapy after one month. But I don’t want to do it. I talked to all my doctors, and as long as I continue walking and working my arm as much as I do, I won’t need therapy. (Even Dr. Urquidez said this!)

Rehab Without Walls

I decided, with my family, to get Rehab Without Walls instead of the usual outpatient therapy after I was discharged from Texas NueroRehab Center. Of course I couldn’t start immediately, something about dying twice in January. So I started in February and got 5 intense months of therapy.