Brighter Day

   Now that I had figured out how to sit and get  my body somewhat to work together. It was my time to try the "walk simulator". The first thing they do is put you in the "braces" to hoist you up to the machine. Once you get to the machine it hoist you to the standing position. In the standing position you try to "pretend you are walking." The machine monitors many things, but none of it made sense to me? Some days I would do better than others.  For me there were more things to worry about than just trying to walk. I worried that I would have spittle coming out the side of my mouth. I am not a vain person at all. It did bother me though to have  slobber coming out of my mouth and not know that it was there. Kelly was really good to let me know that I was drooling.  At the time I didn't have a purse with me. So I had to improvise my bra became my purse. They would joke with me about how much I could store there! I would keep my schedule, hankerchief.mirror,chapstick and pen. The mirror was to keep check on the drool. The hankerchief was for the drool.  T he schedule was to see how much reasoning you had left ? I believe also, to see if you had  if you had a brain left after your brain fart? While working on Physical Theraphy and Occupation Theraphy I was still working on Speech Therapy.

   Speech for me proved the most difficult! Speech included much more than leaening to speak again. It included comperhinsion,reasoning and stamina. I thought with comprehension, hey I got this with no problem! It proved more difficult than I thought! I was still having problems with the vision. I would learn much later the problems with my vision. The stamina was hard because after looking at anything for a few minutes I felt my eyes just shutting down.