CHECK OUT MY NEW SCRAPBOOK PAGE AND MY DESCRIPTION OF HOW I MADE IT BY CLICKING ON “CHRISTMAS TREE” IN THE RIGHT COLUMN.
(OR JUST CLICK HERE.)
ALSO, I GOT MY CAMERA, BUT A FEW THINGS WERE ALREADY BOUGHT. I LAUGH EVERYTIME I THINK OF 1:
EVEN FUNNIER–MARK HAS A SHIRT THAT SAYS, “I HAVE GAS!”
Merry BELATED Christmas!
APPARENTLY WARM X-MAS’s R NO GOOD. THE KIDS KEEP TALKING HOW THEY MISS SNOW & WANT 2 MOVE BACK 2 INDIANA, YET THE CAR SEAT IS 2 COLD AT 50 DEGREES! THIS WAS IN THEIR STOCKINGS: (INSTANT SNOW)
ANYWAY, SORRY IT’S BEEN AWHILE! I HAVEN’T BEEN ON ENOUGH SINCE 12/21! I’LL WRITE LATER, BUT, LIKE ME, THE KIDS ALL GOT CAMERAS 2 (CAN U BELIEVE FISCHER-PRICE MAKES A DIGITAL CAMERA?) — THEY’RE SOOO EXCITED! NOW I GET PICS OF DRAWINGS & LEGO CREATIONS!
FUNNY STORY:
AT 4, SOPHIE LOVES RIDES ON MOM’S LAP IN THE WHEELCHAIR, FEED MOM, READ TO MOM, HAVE MOM KISS OWIES & PLAY KITCHEN W/MOM. SO SHE’S W/MOM A LOT, & SEEING HER TRACHE SCAR IS NOT NEW, YET IN DEC. 2006, SHE ANNOUNCED, ‘I CAN SEE YOUR STROKE HOLE!’
I NOW HAVE A LIST I MUST COMPLETE DAILY. READ W/HER IS ON THAT LIST. & BOY, CAN SHE TALK’AT ALMOST 9 PM WE READ LAST NIGHT – BUT I DIDN’T GET 2 BED UNTIL 9:50!
BTW, THE KIDS HAVE STARTED OCCASIONALLY HELPING W/SWIM THERAPY. THE 1st TIME, MARK INTRODUCED ‘STAND-UP HUGS’ W/ME. 2DAY, ZACH REQUESTED A ‘STAND-UP HUGS’ W/ME. THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE. MARK & ZACH R OLDER. THEY REMEMBER THE PAST & ENJOY ANY MEMORY OF IT. I JUST CRY. THE GIRLS ENJOY IT 2, BUT 2 A DIFFERENT DEGREE. A WHILE AGO, I LAUGHED & CHOKED BAD ON FOOD. MARK KNOWS THIS STIMULATES MY VOCALS. AFTER HE KNEW I WASN’T DYING, HE DIRECTED ME 2 SAY EVERY1′S NAMES, Z & J ARE SOME I CANNOT DO, BUT I MANAGED A SLOPPY VERSION OF EVERY1′S NAME (ASK ME NOW, & I COULDN’T DO IT) ZACH WAS DELIGHTED. SO WAS MARK. THE GIRLS WERE TERRIFIED AT 1st, I WAS DYING. I WASN’T EXCITED. IT DIDN’T SOUND GREAT 2 ME, & AM I SUPPOSED 2 CHOKE MYSELF EVERYTIME I WANT 2 TALK?
SORRY I HAVEN’T WRITTEN! I HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY & HAD A HEADACHE THAT WOULDN’T GO AWAY FOR 2 STRAIGHT DAYS. I DON’T KNOW IF HEADACHES R MORE COMMON POST STROKE–AS A LITTLE GIRL, I HAD THEM ALOT. THEY LESSENED W/AGE, BUT NOW I HAVE A LOT AGAIN. MAKES SENSE THAT BRAIN INJURY WOULD CAUSE HEADACHES, BUT I DON’T KNOW.
WANT 2 HEAR THE DOWNER? MY HUSBAND WAS SO EXCITED I WALKED, HE WANTED ME 2 SHOW FAMILY ON DRY LAND. DESPITE DISAPPOINTMENT, I REFUSED–I KNEW IT WAS 2 NEW & WOULD BE A HUGE DOWNER IF I COULDN’T WALK ON DRY LAND. LUCKILY, MY HUSBAND RESPECTED MY DECISION, & WE TRIED WALKING ON DRY LAND PRIVATELY. I WAS RT., SO NOW I HAVE 2 START BENDING MY KNEES WILLINLY & STRENGTHENING MY UPPER THIGHS SO I CAN LIFT MY LEGS. NOW THAT IT’S PROVEN A POSSIBILITY, MY HUSBAND ‘S HELPING ME TRANSFER IT 2 DRY LAND BY MAKING ME TRY OCCASSIONALY, WHEN I’D NORMALLY BE CARRIED! WHEN I CAN DO THAT, I’LL GLADLY SHARE!
I HEAR THAT PEOPLE R learning all about MY accomplishments A LOT, BUT IT’S JUST A REG. DAY 2 ME, & OFTEN NO BIG DEAL! WALKING WAS DIFFERENT!
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