Sydney felt like a caged up animal after I told him that he couldn't go outside because it was raining outside yesterday. It was 3:30 and and the thunder rolled overhead as I had finished making his hamburger and fries out of potatoes I had that were slightly soft and starting to grow their eyes. As he was hovering not far from the kitchen someone knocked at the door, the traveling nurse that brought me my bone stimulator from Jonesboro. Sydney let her in while I was scooping the lightly browned fries from the oil. She pulled the charger out of the box along with yoke looking harness, she explained everything in about 5 minutes and she was gone after I gave her better directions that the GPS failed to provide her with coming in.
I went to my first real physical therapy session today, as usual it starts out with wonderful heat packs to warm my wanna-be muscles up in my neck and shoulders. It was explained that I was only going to be doing stretches for awhile to help loosen up and not interrupt my healing of the fusion. I was given 2,3, and then 5 pound weights of various therapist items to work my hands, wrists, and arms. He brings out a little plastic cup with yellow goop that looked and felt like silly putty; there was little red kidney beans in it and I was to work the putty with my hands to retrieve the beans. He said I made it look too easy and gave me the green cup. It was thicker and I felt like a taffy puller as I pulled and squished the blob looking for the beans it held. This helped work the recent carpal tunnel release in my left hand and I felt the effects of the exercise and felt somewhat better when I left.
