Saturday, August 2, 2014
Day 39 of the Journey (Shabbat) - Panama City, FL
Today was really not the day of rest I had hoped for, as it was my first day in PT and OT (physical and occupational therapy). They started at 8:00 and ended around 3:00, with a few breaks in between. The pain is very great, but as they say, "no pain, no gain" and at least they are very generous when it comes to giving out pain medication. All in all, the therapists think I am doing fantastically well and predict I will be released a little early. What needs to be decided is next steps when I am released -- do I attempt to learn to live in the RV if I'm able to climb the steps by then or do I continue in the safety of the house first? (I will be required to have either outpatient or in-home PT anyway). If the RV, we will need to move to a campground so that we have full hookups; it will be very difficult for Mitch to move it out every 3 days to dump the tanks and I'm not sure running into the house all day just to use the bathroom is a practical solution. I guess we'll see how things progress over the next few days. Meanwhile, the plans of going to the rally are getting farther and farther away. I think it really may be a bit too overambitious to try to make it there so soon. Makes more sense to make our way slowly up to Raleigh instead, where we planned to park until the end of the year anyway. Again, time will tell.
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Hang in there....you're making fantastic progress. I hope you'll be able to move into the RV as I know you will be so much happier back in your own home. Once inside, you should be fine, and you won't have to walk very far to get anything you need. Just be careful of those steps going up to the bedroom. Ours are currently carpeted and both John and I have fallen going down. We are having new floor put in soon and we're going to put wood on the steps. Ours are pretty steep; probably more so than in your MS.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're doing well. I check your blog everyday when I get home from babysitting; you've been on my mind. I know we've never met but I feel like I know you already. I hope we can meet up sometime in the future during our travels.
Carol