Week Four

This week was hard. The first part of the week went normally. Just the basic grind. Then Thursday came...

On Thursday I had to go to the clinic to see my psychiatrist for a medicine check. First they had me see a nurse on the opposite side of the clinic, to get my vitals. Then, I had my doctors appointment which went well, but she wanted blood work done which meant a trip back across the clinic. I finished that and I was exhausted. I came back to the waiting room and found a seat. Dad asked if I was ready to go cause he needed to run by his job to shut it down as there was major flooding across the entire town. I told him I had to rest so he left me there to run by his job. I sat for probably an hour before he got back. He and another gentleman had to help me up off the clinic’s couch I felt weak. We headed out to the van. I lifted my foot to get in the van and that’s when it happened...

All strength left my legs and I collapsed like a wet noodle to the hard wet concrete. Several workers from the clinic and the nice man that had helped me inside rushed out to help me. After fifteen minutes they finally got me up and sitting on my walker. Another twenty minutes of trying dad got in the van several people helped me stand and dad pulled my leg into van and I managed to crawl in the van. 

Upon arriving at home, I knew there was no way I could climb the three stairs to get in the house. So I decided to rest awhile in the van in hopes that I would feel stronger. Fast forward six hours and the urge to use the restroom out weighed my weakness. Dad helped me from the van and we got to the back door. As we attempted to climb the first step I almost collapsed again. About this time my sister and brother in law stopped by the house and my mother got home from work. With mom pulling me, my brother in law pushing me up, and dad physically lifting my legs we managed to get me in the house. It was another thirty to forty minutes to make it to my room. At this point the wheel hub assembly on my walker disintegrated and fell off.  

I spent all of Friday in bed unable to really move much. I did manage to stand up today but was very sore. 

That’s it for this week as always feel free to post any comments or suggestions below.