"Doctor Departo..."

As I type this entry.. I have finished my therapies for the day. I had my first (of I hope many ) huge accomplishments today. For the first time since June, I was able to independently stand up from the therapy mat!! Just myself and the walker - no hands or help from a physical therapist, no verbal cues... I just used all of my strength and stood up! My regular "mean" physical therapist has been away for the week-- hopefully he will also acknowledge this great accomplishment!

Last week,at the hand surgeon, as Uncle Mickey and I were watching the medical student wrap layer after layer of fiberglass on my arm for my new cast, we contemplated having them cut the whole thing off and restart because it was done so incorrectly. I thought I would be able to deal with the uncomfortableness for 6 weeks but Kessler actually fixed some of it with their cast saw. It's maybe 10% better- we will see if I can deal with it for 5 more weeks!

I've neglected to mention in previous posts that Kessler does offer art therapy. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I tell you that I thought that I would have ended up enjoying this past time as much as I do. The art therapist, Chris, is an amazing artist, patient with me ( as some of you may know I do not take after my dad's artistic skills) and the art helps at least provide temporary distractions from this medical hell. I've done work with clay, painting, mosaic tials, coloring, and more. I look forward to the days Kessler offers this service!

Lastly..."Dr. Departo"... Due to the fact that many of the brain injured patients on my floor try to escape because they are disoriented and want to leave... They wear ankle monitoring bracelets. If a patient with a bracelet gets too close to a door or an elevator- loudly over the intercom system notifying the whole hospital you hear, "Dr. Departo side door east" or "Dr. Departo elevator west. For the last 3 nights starting at 2am, every 5 minutes this announcement repeats itself. Just put these people back to bed.... PLEASE!!

Thanks for reading!!
To be continued...

Thanks for reading and to be continued...