February 13, 2018

Before taking Harry to therapy Sandi brought us delicious homemade coffee cake for breakfast! I took my boot off and was surprised that it was wet on the inside. I had no idea my foot would sweat that amount. I left the boot off to dry and fell asleep. I awoke with a start because my foot decided to have a cramp and spasm! OUCH

Duf is having a fit that his foot hurts so much and he isn’t able to do anything. We have spent the day watching the Olympics and him trying to talk himself into going out to empty the tanks. He finally completed the job and it was not as bad a he thought. He got it done with zero further injuries. 

Long Days

February 13, 2018

Before taking Harry to therapy Sandi brought us delicious homemade coffee cake for breakfast! I took my boot off and was surprised that it was wet on the inside. I had no idea my foot would sweat that amount. I left the boot off to dry and fell asleep. I awoke with a start because my foot decided to have a cramp and spasm! OUCH

Duf is having a fit that his foot hurts so much and he isn’t able to do anything. We have spent the day watching the Olympics and him trying to talk himself into going out to empty the tanks. He finally completed the job and it was not as bad a he thought. He got it done with zero further injuries. 

OMG my nurse is injured

February 12, 2018

Harry, with his arm in a sling from his rotator cuff surgery, and Sandi, the only healthy one of the group, drove Duffey to the ER and me to the surgeons office this morning. 

On Friday Duffey stepped into a hidden sprinkler head hole on the golf course and twisted his ankle. Today it is extremely swollen and painful and he thinks he might have broken his ankle. The plan is to drop him at the ER on our way to my Dr appointment to get my stitches taken out. The ER was not busy so he got right in, but it still took three hours of x-rays and cat scans to deduce it is a severely sprained ankle. The ER Dr remembered Duffey from my visit where he had to relocate my ankle before transferring me to a larger hospital.

Harry waited in the lobby and Sandi came into the room with me for moral support on the removal of the stitches. Dr. Wong said the x-rays looked like things were healing well and instructed me to not put weight on my leg for another three weeks. The stitches were removed and it was not as painful as I had expected, but it did feel like bees were stinging me for a couple of hours.

Harry, Sandi, and I went to Oggi’s for lunch while we waited for Duffey to be released from the ER. Just as we finished lunch Duf called to say he was ready to be picked up. It was ruled a badly sprained ankle but he still feels it is worse and misdiagnosed.

Sandi and Harry are extreme cooks and brought us delicious shish kabob for dinner. Then Sandi got real ambitious and baked amazing cookies!

Shower

Use the handicapped shower they say. It is great they say! Well, they have never had one leg that can bear zero weight and that leg is extremely painful when not elevated.

We loaded up and Duf took me to the handicap shower. It looked very nice, very clean BUT the seat connected to the wall did not seem very sturdy so I used it for a shelf. There was a very nice portable seat that I used for my seat. There was quality nonslip grip on the floor outside the shower. The towel hooks were up to high and to far away for me to reach so I could not hang towels or clothing. 

I turned on the water and like any shower it was very cold and took a while to get warm. The problem here was that the shower head would not turn off so I had to let the icy water run over me till it warmed up. Then I could not get the removal head to come on. To get it to work I would have to stand up and reach over to play with the knob to get it to work.

So the major problems were hook placement and I will get some hooks and hang them in the proper places. Water coming out of the shower head and not being able to turn it off. There should be a low turn off knob so the wheelchair person could reach and use it. The shower wand needs a turn off and on knob so it can be reached.

I wanted to fix my hair but the mirrors were way to high for me. I would have had to be able to stand up to see myself. 

This goes along with my theory about people that design things they have never tried to use. I would like the design team to try to use this shower and then they would be more aware of what is best.

Second shower I brought Sandi to turn the shower on so it was warm before I got in. This wasted water but it was the only way.

Dr Justin Wong visit

On our way to Dr Justin Wong's office we stopped at Macayo for lunch. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was clean and inviting. After lunch Natalie and I want into the restroom and I entered the handicapped stall. When I tried to transfer from my wheelchair to the stool my foot stuck to the floor and it happened fast from there. I had to choose putting my broken foot down or falling on that dirty tile bathroom floor. I fell and of course I was so far from the door I could not get it open so Natalie could get in. I had to roll across the floor to unlock the door. We both laughed and cried!
Dr Wong acted like I should have waited another week to visit him but I told him his nurse made the appointment. He unwrapped my leg and said it looked good. I had a huge blister on my leg so he popped it. He took x-rays to be sure my fall did not jar anything and all looked well.