3/12 – Sunday
Michelle continues to impress me with her inner and outer strength. She pushes herself each day, walking outside, back and forth from the big garage to the gate and back to the house. She is doing leg lifts at the kitchen island. Every 2nd or 3rd day I find her doing squats on the couch. Capitol Home Health sent a supervisor out to evaluate Michelle for her future Physical therapy needs. I really liked the therapist. She was informative and professional. She also made me laugh, more than once. She asked Michelle to get off the couch without using her hands, walk as fast as she could to the dog beds near the far wall, turn around, come back and sit down. She said this will be a timed event. “On your mark, get set – GO!” and she was off. She quickly gets up and moves one foot as gracefully as she can in front of the other. She does her best 180 at the dog bed and the therapist chimes in with “whoa lady, how many drinks have you had there”. I’m dying here. Michelle sits back down on the couch and the therapist says, “great job Michelle, it sure is easier sitting down rather than standing up, isn’t it?” She went on “You did that in 6 seconds. Normally I expect to see a 13 second run, so you are way above expectations.” Again, I’m dying. I’m thinking, she has a baseline of my living room for her patients and 13 seconds is not something she pulled out of her ass. Needless to say, the therapist decided Michelle could continue physical therapy on her own. She encouraged her to start doing household chores. Help with the dishes, laundry or feeding the dog. Not only will this help me, but it will also help with boredom and give her more purpose.
She did give me a scare one night. She ate too much ice cream and got sick. Normally this is not a big deal, but anything that is not normal is reason for alert. Luckily after a good night's sleep she woke up feeling much better, even though at 4am she still had a belly ache.
As promised, here are some first of the week. Michelle helped me fold some laundry. I had to refold some of it, but this is the first time she tried to help with laundry. She also made dinner one night! She made Salmon and a veg. It was delicious and it was the first time since October 18th that she had made something for dinner. Michelle took a shower without assistance this week. I was there to help in case she needed it but for the first time since October, she was independent in the shower.
TV Daytime: “Ghost Writer” (Apple +), “Family Feud” (Hulu), Chicago Med, Chicago PD, East New York, Survivor, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test and 911.
TV Nighttime: “Shrinking” (Apple +), “Pennyworth” (HBO). “The Last of Us” (HBO) and “1923” (Paramount +).
“CODA” (Apple +) I may or may not have been bawling. It was about a deaf family who had one hearing child, a teenage girl. It was her struggle with teenage life, family and pursuing her love of singing.
“Causeway” It was based in NOLA. It was about a lady with a TBI due to an IED exploding under her vehicle and her struggles to return to normal. It was a slow starter and a slow finisher. Not recommended unless you hold this subject matter close to your heart.
Food:
Honey Glazed Chicken with Egg Tagliarini Noodles
Sous Vide Chicken breast and potatoes au gratin
Italian sausage and Bratwurst with Rice a Roni and steamed carrots
Fried Fish, Shrimp and Fries
Taco salad
Pizza
Salmon and a veg from Michelle.
Breakfast was Bagels, Cream of Wheat, Waffles and bacon and egg tacos.
Love, Brian
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