Thursday 2/17/22

5:11am I had a much better  night. I actually slept? I had few incontinence episodes and pain level was low. I slept soundly with no weird dreams. Still tired but won’t be awake until I have my coffee. This is a bummer because I have a  two hrs wait. I find between the time you wake up and the time you get rourfirst cup of coffee is the longest part of the day.

I got some good news. Last night aid plugged in my tablet. She used my old charger and cord. Battery level was at 94% this morning. It must be working after all. This means I don’t have to use my roommate’s charger or buy a new tablet.  Still I think a new tablet is in order. It would also be nice to have a backup.

I’m going to have a much better day. It is going to be pain fee, depression free, and worry free. I plan on living talking to my girlfriend and reading my book I’m going to kick butts in physical therapy. It is going to happen and all come together as soon as I have coffee.

8:49am I had a good breakfast of a sweet roll, scrambled eggs with cheese and hot cereal. They gave me two cups of coffee and oj for drinks. I was hungry and ate it all. Then I had physical therapy. It went ok I guess. I did walking first then leg exercises.  There is this one exercise, side to side, that is the hardest. My left leg doesn’t want to cooperate. I have a hard time moving my left leg. Heck, I can’t move it at all. But I try my best and did all of it. Again I feel I’m not making progress but my coach says I always do a good job. Breakfast and therapy got me awake.

I got to get back to my book, Workshop of Democracy. I  haven’t read in a couple days because I was worried about Chocolatechip and felt very, very depressed myself. Bur she is doing better and so am I. Index to start reading again. I’m on a good chapter about the Progressive Era. Burns begins this section by talking about Theodor Roosevelt. This ought to be an interesting chapter.

But before reading I checked in on Chocolatechip. She was doing breakfast dishes.  Her depression has lifted and she is doing much better. She said she felt overwhelmed because she has a lot of appointments next month. I don’t know how she keeps track of them all but she manages.

We were cracking jokes in PT today. I said something to my coach and she said that remiñ her of a line from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I said I went Shitty Shitty Bang Bang last night. They all thought it the funniest thing. After they finished laughing my coach said I could be a comedian. Yeah right.

Also. I was going on about these hospital gowns I wear. I said it feels like I’m wearing dresses. She said I look good when I’m dressed up in pants and a shirt. I said I have no clothes except what the nursing home gave me. She said she will try to find me some pants to wear. She suggested that instead of buying books I could always buy clothes online. That is a viable option.

8:40pm I had a good afternoon. I had lasagna and a salad for lunch. I had a fruit punch and coffee for drinks. I talked to Chocolatechip on messenger.  She was supposed to go to the Doctor General store with her case manager this afternoon. But the case manager never showed up. Later on she apologized to Chocolatechip and promise d to take her another day.  Chocolatechip still thinks her present CM was the best she had.

After talking to my girlfriend I started to read Worksop of Democracy by James Macgregor Burns. I read a lot and finished one chapter. Then I had supper.  I had an Italian sub, coleslaw and pears for desert. After supper I chatted with Chocolatechip some more. We talked about different things. She talked about her studies with SCI. I’m glad to see that she is back to her old self.

I had a fairly decent day today. Pain level was down to a one. I didn’t have as many incontinence episodes. My mood was fairly upbeat for the most part. I had three good meals I was able to concentrate on my book. Life is good