Pills at 1:30 and slept till 5:30 am time for another set and then dosed in and out till about 6 am. -- Nurse Diane just spent a few minutes with me. She started by putting the salve on my feet for the the athletes foot. Which she new tickled the heck out of my feet and I accused her of over enjoying this ploy. Laughingly then I inform her that the compression stocking is inside out as if she would of never figured it out without my helpful eye. She reached all the way inside to the toe pulling it back to get it reversed and it slipped from the toe end flipping it like a sling shot and the very end hit my nose, absolutely no pain and it was funny. Actually I then had to accuse her of brutalizing a patient. It would be great if this was a start for a fun and laughing week. Anyway at the end of this short fun fest my compression stocking and little rubber bottomed, (non skid) booties are on and I am ready to go to breakfast. --- Biggest breakfast since arriving here. Two slices of french toast and most of a bowl of chex mix. Glass of milk and a glass of apple juice. By the way the syrup was sugarless and the butter was Smart Balance, didn't want you to think I had thrown the diet out. --- Now for some good stuff, my Occupational Therapist came, Ashley, spent about 1/2 hour talking and showing me how to use the "sock putter on" for lack of a better name. While talking she filled out a form and when she finished with those questions I realized I made a mistake. She was finished with the form she stated that was all, my house was in good shape and I knew how to use the tools of her trade. Now for the mistake, I should of played dumb, answered the questions wrong and said "how was that" a lot, then she would have to spend another 1/2 hour with me me, I guess you caught the fact that she is pretty, kind and very enjoyable to talk with. THIS DAY STARTING OUT GREAT. -- A new nurse, Graice, brought the meds, she seems nice. And now I have about an hour to contemplate PT for the day. -- One of the house committee crew came in to mop the floor in our room and then clean the bath room. He actually did a though job and was about done in the bathroom when I moved my night stand back to where it belonged and of course I had to knock a full cup of water onto the floor. The gentleman with the mop ask if I was trying to assure that his job involved enough that it would not be eliminated. "I did say I was sorry and he was gracious"--- By the time the floor dried it was time to head for PT. Started out on the Peddle machine with the ski slope handles working my knee as far up as I could and then back down and trying to maintain a steady pace. 15 minutes on this. then I went over to one of the flat decks and while sitting on the end he worked the skin and muscles with his thumbs and palms. Every little bit I would push my foot back and felt like it was the deepest bend that I have had. From there to the chair that is the torture machine. I did get to an 83 % bend and held it for 2 minutes. After three hard repetitions on this machine it was to the table with the "game time" ice machine. Wrapped with really cold ice pack for 15 minutes and the session was already over. Felt good about this one. When I left pt I stepped on the scales, with clothes on, no shoes, and I weight 204.8, best yet. -- Now back at the room waiting on lunch call, not hungry, just something to do. --- Surprise, lunch was good. Will relative, and as a result I ate probably the most as at any on sitting since I got here. Swedish meat balls on a real fine spaghetti, green beans, and a couple fruit cups. -- Back to the room and relax till PT was the plan. Almost dosed off for a minute or two a couple of times. About 1 oclock a man came in to work with my TV. The televisions are all brand new and a complete system, to include medical records and Internet. However to this point only the TV is connected. He was a talker, even more so than I am. By the time he left I looked at the clock and time to rush just to get to PT on time. Once there and sitting on the first machine it dawned on me that I while spending time listening to the TV guy I forgot to ask for my pain pills. Great, now I am going to really feel the brunt of the pain. I did explain to the PT teams and they altered the program for the afternoon, very thankful. Actually, between the tough one this morning and the easier one this afternoon, I feel good about today. By altering the afternoon it did not mean we didn't work, we concentrated on strengthening this afternoon-- --- Supper call came at 4:30, did I mention that I ate a big lunch, good thing, balance out the day. Strange looking little thick crust, nearly raw, cheese pizza. I passed, ate the beets and two little applesauce containers, also drank the milk. I'll get a yogurt from the snack room latter if I get hungry. -- Now back in my room and really have decided that this is where I shall stay for the evening, that is as if there is somewhere else to be. I had the knee packed with ice bags on either side for about an 1/2 hour. And now I have had it for the day. Once again anything great happens tonight I will tell about it tomorrow.
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