A NEW UPDATE ON MY PROGRESS AFTER MY FALL 4/13/08
NEWEST UPDATE 8/26/08 :) :)
Hello Dear Ones:
THANK YOU ever so much for you ongoing Prayers for me!
I am making great progress now. Left leg is looking better all the time & am able to transfer [at the kitchen sink holding on] from chair to wheelchair & back to chair. Also able to put wheelchair back into other room so it can be charged while in kitchen chair.
Cols. Medical Equip. has fixed my kitchen chair, so I can now lock the wheels [or just one of them] & stand up to load clothes into washer [& also to transfer back onto chair from toilet now] without danger of it moving on me.
Physical Therapist has me now standing up [not moving as yet] on my walker [wasn't strong enough before], just getting used to standing with it right now. My back feels like it is sitting on my hips & still much pain when standing & doing some exercises with leg, although pain has lessened a great deal from what it was at first.
Sorry, but still not able to get in/out of bed as yet, so still sleeping in motorized wheelchair [tilts back]. Will try to see about getting in/out of our car pretty soon, I hope, so I can get back to seeing my regular Dr.
Blessings to All, Patsy
New update 5/14/08: NO bloodclots in either leg! :)
Doing some better, but still not able to do any more than stand up & let someone [either hubby, Jeff, or step-sister, Linda, who lives next door] put me on the potty chair or my motorized wheelchair or the kitchen chair I use. Still sleeping in the motorized wheelchair [it tilts back] & left leg still swollen a lot. The saddest part is my being incontinent & now not being able to even change my own diaper or get myself on the potty chair or toilet.
They finally have my lap tray ready, & bringing it out today [Fri. 5/2], so my Occupational Therapist is coming out this coming Mon. at 11 a.m. to see what is happening with me. She & my family Dr. suggested Physical Therapy, but that didn't work very well after my hip surgery since I don't believe hip healed right. Laying in bed those 4 days in the hospital with a blood clot, I think, caused it to start knitting back together wrong. Of course, C.P. & Fybromyalgia plus already being crippled didn't help any.
I am still scared of falling again, so that doesn't help, as the Cerebral Palsy [when I am nervous] makes me stiffen up & jerk my left leg or right arm [also right hand closes up so I can't grab ahold of anything] causing me to freeze up. And of course, there is old 'arthur' in my hips & back now making the C.P. seem worse.
Emotionally I am doing very well, except for the fear of falling hasn't left me this time. If someone helps me, I am able to do some laundry. They have to start the water [can't reach dials] & add/remove the the clothes from washer [top loader], but I can put into dryer [they have to set dryer dial, too] & then I can take out of dryer to hang on doorknob or fold into a basket. Can't do any dishes yet as I have to stand up to do that. My wheelchair feet get in the way at the kitchen sink & my arms aren't long enough to reach across that far away.
At least with the lap tray, I will be able to work the PC, as I can put the keyboard on it as well as the mouse & won't have to lean over so much, which hurts my left leg. Patsy 5/2/08