Sep 2, 2007
Well, I just mentioned to Gary today that I didn’t have much to blog about lately (or at least, that I am willing to blog about ;-)) so evidently Gary decided to provide me with something. After our evening routine of him stretching and me doing my knee and back rehab exercises while watching TV, Gary trundled off to his room to undress and get ready for his evening bath while I went to my room to work on my novel some more, when all of a sudden I hear an unusual creaking sound from his room and a rather strained call of “Peg!” That definitely didn’t sound good. I feared I’d find him on the floor, and I did – he said he landed on the edge of his bed during his transfer and was unable to do anything about it and so slipped off. Fortunately, he fell slowly, he said. I went and got my exercise mat for him to use as a pad when he got himself into a kneeling position, and after a little thinking we figured out what might be the best way to orient himself to the bed. He used the bed rails to help and got himself to his knees, me hanging onto his belt so he wouldn’t slip back down or to one side. Then he pulled himself onto the bed without me supplying any muscle, so he did real good! He commented that he *knew* he should’ve been practicing that floor-to-bed or floor-to-futon transfer more (and we won’t even mention the floor-to-wheelchair transfer that we’ve never practiced since Day Program), but he says it’s hard to make himself do those kind of transfers deliberately.
So, that was exciting.
Other news of the week. The electrician came out and fixed Gary’s light so it now works by a key chain remote. So does his desk lamp. Pretty cool! The overhead light even works as a dimmer. The system is callled “X10.” I love this birthday present, since it gives me more time in bed ;-)
Got the trunk on the Honda fixed. It pops open fine now.
Gary and Peg’s movie recommendations based on their recent viewings, all foreign films: “The Lives of Others,” “Tsotsi,” “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage).”
So far, we love Netflix!
Well, I just mentioned to Gary today that I didn’t have much to blog about lately (or at least, that I am willing to blog about ;-)) so evidently Gary decided to provide me with something. After our evening routine of him stretching and me doing my knee and back rehab exercises while watching TV, Gary trundled off to his room to undress and get ready for his evening bath while I went to my room to work on my novel some more, when all of a sudden I hear an unusual creaking sound from his room and a rather strained call of “Peg!” That definitely didn’t sound good. I feared I’d find him on the floor, and I did – he said he landed on the edge of his bed during his transfer and was unable to do anything about it and so slipped off. Fortunately, he fell slowly, he said. I went and got my exercise mat for him to use as a pad when he got himself into a kneeling position, and after a little thinking we figured out what might be the best way to orient himself to the bed. He used the bed rails to help and got himself to his knees, me hanging onto his belt so he wouldn’t slip back down or to one side. Then he pulled himself onto the bed without me supplying any muscle, so he did real good! He commented that he *knew* he should’ve been practicing that floor-to-bed or floor-to-futon transfer more (and we won’t even mention the floor-to-wheelchair transfer that we’ve never practiced since Day Program), but he says it’s hard to make himself do those kind of transfers deliberately.
So, that was exciting.
Other news of the week. The electrician came out and fixed Gary’s light so it now works by a key chain remote. So does his desk lamp. Pretty cool! The overhead light even works as a dimmer. The system is callled “X10.” I love this birthday present, since it gives me more time in bed ;-)
Got the trunk on the Honda fixed. It pops open fine now.
Gary and Peg’s movie recommendations based on their recent viewings, all foreign films: “The Lives of Others,” “Tsotsi,” “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage).”
So far, we love Netflix!
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