Had a better night. I think the drugs are now settling down in my system and working a bit better + the very important fact that I am feeling stronger and stronger.
I have to remind my physiotherapist, Marina,that i am not a 20 year old dancer with muscles and flexability to match, but am rather an extremely unfit 41 year old couch potato! I swear after our sessions I feel that i have just run a 50km marathon! I guess it is good - a start to me getting fit again. Bring on that triathlon!!!
Had a meeting with the orthopedic doc at the rehab today. I went into a room where a whole team of doctors, OT people and physiotherapists have a kind of round table meeting. To cut it short, he does not want to give any opinion on my arm until the surgeon has seen it. He says it seems to have been a complicated op and he will leave the first opinion to the surgeon. So they will let me know when I am going for a visit. He also said that they should xray the leg and they may be able to change the cast. So time will tell.
At OT I was very pleased to report to Bina that what was hard for me last week, the bottle tops, is now much easier. So today she gives me a tweezer and I have to lift up these little oblong ball thingys and put them on a vertical board. Needless to say, there was much sweat, but I got there. Lets hope next week that too will be easier.
I sat on the balcony to get some sun and one of the nurses helpers came out for a break. A beautiful Etheopian lady. I have never really taken the time to have a proper conversation with an Etheopian Israeli. She has been here since 1989 and on the whole is satisfied. The thing she misses the most is the simple life. Not all this running after material gains. She tells me of the summers they had back home. Their house was not far from the sea. There was no such thing as summer camp for the kids. Everyone would look after each others kids. Their days would be spent in the water with lots of green around and lots of food. The kids never asked for more than that. These are the days that she misses and I feel her longing.
This brings my thoughts to my life and am so thrilled that we live right next to a forest and our girls have and will continue to have a life filled with lots of green!
Thanks so much to all the family and friends that give me positive feedbackon my blog. I write as it is a way of letting it allout, plus to allow my SA family to get a glimpse of the experience.
Love,light and laughter!!
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