Tuesday, November 2nd

Well I have been approved to get my very own wheelchair.  I have been measured and it has been ordered.  It will probably take about a month to get it.  I have some special features that hopefully will make it easier for me to get around and be more independent.  The wait is on!

Monday, November 1st

Therapy is getting easier every day.  I have been really working on rolling over from my stomach to my back.  I have figured out some techniques to get the task done.  I have also been getting on my elbows and knees with the help of someone else.  I have much more control and can balance on my own.  I am also working on my abs and controlling my forward and backward motion.  I am also attempting to push through my hands.  My goal is to be transferring with a slide board by the end of the year.  Two months to get it done!

Zone Therapy

Today I had such a great experience!

Zone Therapy

Big, HUGE thanks to everyone who recommended it.  Not only do my feet feel great but my hip hurts less, my shoulders and neck feel looser, and overall I feel calm and relaxed.  

Zone therapy isn't suppose to miraculously cure me but hopefully we can get some stimulation going.  Anything that will possibly make the process quicker and easier I am willing to try!   

I had a Dr. appointment with my neurologist today.  He was very happy with the progress I have made and said that my reflexes are much stronger.  Keep plugging along!

Benefit Concert

Some of the finest musicians and dancers in Southeastern Idaho perform

” Believe”

A benefit concert for

Stephanie Palmer

Saturday October 9, 2010

7pm at the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center

Tickets at the door:

$8 adults, children 6-12 years $6, children 5 and under free

Or contact Sarah Jackson #680-1751

Stephanie was diagnosed with Guillan Barre Syndrome [ghee-YAN bah-RAY] in January 2010. This syndrome is a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks its own nerve cells. Guillan Barre Syndrome left Stephanie almost entirely paralyzed in a matter of hours. She spent five months in the Easter Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Stephanie was three months pregnant when she was hospitalized with Guillian Barre. During her five month stay in the hospital she gave birth to her second son, born 7 weeks premature. Come and help support Stephanie and her family in a night of song and benefit.

Friday, October 1

WHEW!  I am one tired chica!

Therapy has been so awesome this week.  My theerapist were able to get me on my hands a knees.  We all were pretty excited how easy it was.  That is my new homework, to do as many of the movements as I can on my own.  Then slowly but surely I will be able to do it all on my own.

I also am able to roll off of my stomach and to my back.  Not very often do I get stuck but if I do Jack is usually happy to come push me over the rest of the way.  He feels so helpful and I think he likes pushing Mom around.  

My other homework is trying to lift my butt off the ground.  I am unable to push through my right arm unless someone holds my hand down.  It makes this task more difficult but it's still not impossible.  I just have to keep practicing and getting stronger.  That's how everything has started and progressed thus far.

Wednesday, September 22

What a day!

Today I overloaded on therapy.  My P.T. came and I stood on the tilt table for 30 minutes.  It's always good to feel upright. 

Then I went on to do some O.T. on my own time.  I started by filling my one week pill box.  Seems like a small task to people with dexterity, but not so small a task for me.  I put 91 pills in each tiny compartment, pill by pill by pill.  It took me almost 45 minutes of pinching.  

Then I attempted to fold laundry for the first time.  They looked a little scary but I folded a full basket of the boys laundry in just over an hour.  

Lets just say I'm ready for bed! 

Thursday, September 16th

Today I was measured for my own wheelchair.  I have my fancy neon lime green wheelchair but it's not actually mine.  It's a demo wheelchair I am renting.  We took about 50 measurements and answered about 50 questions to see exactly what I need.  Little things like the weight of the chair, the cushion, the back, the wheels, there are really unlimited things that are changed to make a chair just for me and my abilities.  Now just to get my insurance to approve it without a fight.

I think a lot of people were hoping I would get home and start healing quickly and then I wouldn't need my own wheelchair.  That unfortunately isn't the case.  I am happy to get my own and I know I will get good use out of it.