A Very Brief & Mostly PT Update

Remember when I got so upset at not being able to do this? Well, today at physical therapy, we tried again. I lay on my right side with both legs bent and she helped me {Ummm, this means she held the leg and moved it for me! } move the top leg backwards and upwards just a bit. What happens is that she moves it for me and very gradually eases away from what she is doing to see what I can do myself. And I lifted my leg against gravity about half an inch all by myself and with only a very manageable amount of pain! Admittedly, I could only do it once but I did do it! I was SO pleased with myself! Leslie is pleased too. She said that I will see a quicker improvement once I can lift against gravity…

Rest of the day:

• Finish my "Firefly/Serenity " DVD marathon
• go look at folding sticks
• maybe get the walker downstairs and stored in the basement? Right now it is taking up space beside the bed and I am hanging clothes on it!
• see if I can remember how to get some pictures into Photobucket.
• go for a walk—maybe a mile?

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

— David Viscott

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