Deeds pulled me into Barwis. I was exhausted as I waited for my time. MS Awareness Week has taken its toll on me both physically and emotionally. I was relieved that I was at Barwis. I feel safe when I’m there. It’s my second home. I’ve been coming here for nearly 20 months now. Almost 2 years. It gives me hope coming here and working SO hard to walk. ALL of the trainers here reinforce my hope. They believe in me too. So, Mike walks over and tells me that he has my shirt here and that he will wear it when it is my time. I got SUPER excited because I gave him an MS Awareness Week shirt from my school. I was wearing the semi-matching sweatshirt so we were going to be sort of “matchers.” I told him that we would have to take a selfie which he refused. Hmmm. I’ll have to work on that. In the meantime, I showed Megan my socks. It WAS “Wacky Sock Wednesday” #6.
When it was my time, Mike came over, pushed me to the blue table, and put me on it. Then he went to change his shirt from his Barwis Methods shirt to his CCA-MS MS Awareness Week 2015 shirt. I had my phone with me because I had to take a picture of my socks (they were MS Awareness Week influenced). Mike isn’t too keen on taking pictures (like Phil) so I snapped this one as he came out and walked to the blue table where I was sitting:
I was SUPER excited to see him and let my excitement that we were almost “matchers” be known pretty loudly. Nick heard me and took this picture and sent it to me (probably, mostly to annoy Mike but I didn’t mind. My room is pretty cold so I learned last year that I needed a sweatshirt in addition to a t-shirt.
My right hand was weak and numb because I was pretty stressed this week so Mike kneaded my forearm and showed me how to stretch it out to make it feel better. It felt better so he had me lay back. He stretched my legs up so I was able to get a picture of my socks for “Wacky Sock Wednesday” #6. They are orange tie-dye because this week is MS Awareness Week and the national color for MS is orange.
He stretched my legs for a long time like this. I snapped the picture before he had straightened both of my knees. After we did this stretch, he sat as we rested a bit. But then, I was able to snap this one:
This picture seems like an advertisement for my school. I tweeted it asking if we had a new Aztec Eagle. It was just after this picture that Mike took my phone. He put it on my wheelchair so there was NO WAY I was getting it back.
He put me in the, “Ooh Doggie!” stretch and had me lay on my stomach and stretched my legs so my heels were close to touching my butt. The stretch is not as intense and I have a much better range of motion. Then my time was up so he put my shoes back on, pushed me over to get my coat, and put me in my car. I had gotten my phone back and snapped a picture of him stowing my chair in case the other ones weren’t good.
So, we didn’t take a selfie but when it is a “Wacky Sock Wednesday” as well as a “Walking Wednesday” one is coming. So, be warned Mike! My butt hurt on Thursday.