Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Looking Forward.



Roberto Matta.

Today has been enjoyable Sunday; we have been having a relaxed time which we both needed.

Not long after I woke up Tina jumped up on my ready to play, she is an adorable dog who loves a game.

I'm glad that she likes me, when Richie brought her back from the dog pound I was worried that it would be difficult to have a relationship with her.

Being as handicapped as I am, this has restricted my interaction with the dogs; I hate not being able to play with them like I used to.

Horrible not been able to sit on the floor and play anymore, it is wonderful that despite this Tina and I are friends.

She is very nice little dog who is smart enough to deal with this for her strange situation, I could not go to her, so she has come to me.

Every morning for the last few months she jumps onto my bed for cuddles as well as games both of which I enjoy.

As I have not got the hand functionality nor the strength I can't play like I used to be able to, so I have to improvise, Tina seems to understand and plays gently with me.

Which is wonderful as Tina plays quite roughly with Richie but not with me, with me she is quite careful as if she knows that I am not well.    

It is now 20.37 outside it is a wet night, Richie is out right now with the dogs is in the Rembrandt Park.

Before he went to the Park Richie made our dinner which he put into the oven to cook, it should be ready when he comes home.

When he is back all he has to do is put the delicious food on the plates for us both, which I'm looking forward to immensely.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

One Door Shuts And Another One Opens.


Discovering how weak my right hand and arm were yesterday was a huge shock for me, guess also for Richie and even for Johanneke, my occupational therapist.

She arrived just before I was quite ready and was sitting in the front room waiting for me to roll in there.

So as soon as I was ready I wanted to get out there quickly, this is when I noticed that my right hand and arm were not functioning well.

It took me several minutes to turn the wheelchair around, before I could laboriously get out of the bedroom and through to the front room.

Not only was my arm and hand not doing what I wanted but they were also very painful and it was scary too.

My right arm has suddenly and very quickly become very weak, was shattering to notice how little strength my right hand and arm have now.

Johanneke told me about a variety of adaptations that can be made to the wheelchair so I can stay mobile.

Apparently there are several ways for me to steer the chair, two of these are:

Chin operated.

By blowing through a tube.

And it can be adapted so that Richie can control and steer the wheelchair from the back, not my preference but it would mean that I can go outside.

The good thing is that it will mean that I will get out more than I do now and that is what I shall concentrate on now.

One door shuts and another opens, there is always a silver lining no matter how bad the situation is.