I ran late getting to ATI on Thursday but I called in and Larry answered the phone. With the Plymouth fair happening the upcoming weekend, it was hard to get to Sheldon from where we were. We were coming! When we got there, Brad and I got right to work. He rubbed my knee out and I told him about my ultrasound.
I told him about my Game of Thrones binge and how I was finished with it in like 10 days. We discussed last weekend’s Michigan game and I told him that I fell asleep in the second and part of the third-quarter, probably because I stayed up too late watching Game of Thrones. After he was finished rubbing my knee out, he got one of those Styrofoam rolls and put it under my knee. He had me do some foot raises and I told him how terribly I did with Luba last time.
I started off really well lifting my foot with Brad. I told him it was like my foot weighed 500 pounds last time and it was around the third or fourth time I raised it this time that I told him that maybe this time my foot might have weighed about 250 pounds. He laughed and I still continued working. When we finished the leg lifts, he grabbed the green giant-sized rubber band and the board.
He hooked one end of the rubber band around my foot and handed the other end to me that I had loosely in both hands about 12 inches apart . The goal of this was to raise my heel up and bend my knee using the band if I needed it. I think I did really well with it this time! But maybe that’s just me.
After I was finished with these, Brad hooked me up with ice and stim. He brought over the bolster to put my leg on and two ice packs. He put one ice pack under my knee and then hooked up the pads on top of my knee and then put a second ice pack on top of my knee. It was a knee sandwich! It felt really good! He turned on the stim until I felt it and then left with the pulsating stim and the really good feeling ice! As I laid there, staring at the ceiling, I remembered working at Barwis with Michael Rhoades and I started to giggle.
An intern named Mike was helping us as I was trying to attempt to stand. It was a pitiful attempt! Michael Rhodes put his arm under mine and held my left hand and the intern Mike did the same on the right side. As I stood, even with their help, I was having a difficult time straightening my legs completely. I remembered that I sat down in between attempts and I told both of them that it was “A Jenny sandwich with Mike bread!” before we started on our second attempt. I think the intern may have laughed and Michael rolled his eyes at me or something.
The timer went off and Brad came over. I told him that it felt really good having the two packs on my knee and it was a “knee sandwich” because my knee was between two ice packs so it was “A knee sandwich with ice pack bread.”