So, Leia has gotten used to the sounds that my Mom and I make when transferring at night when we are in the hallway. She even has gotten used to when I transfer into my bed at night. It took a couple weeks before she stopped coming to Sean‘s bedroom door to see what was going on. Then she will occasionally saunter to the door when I am already safe in my wheelchair. Almost to say, “You guys okay?”
Well, last night, I made a new sound when I was in my bed and let me explain. I miss the days I worked out at Barwis Methods all the time! But, I have noticed that my hips were hurting. I had to think about it for a while and I remembered why they were hurting and how I was stretched each time to make them feel a little better. I need to be stretched out. My Mom will have to stretch me out. She is an excellent caregiver but I’m not sure that she has the skills that you a acquire by getting an exercise science degree.
She definitely was going to give it her best! What needs to happen is that I will lay on my stomach and she would need to bend my knee and pull my foot almost to my butt and hold that stretch for 60 seconds. I had her do that a few times for each leg.
There are technical terms for the stretch and, “Opening the joint” but those words escape my mind because it’s been so long since I have been to Barwis and medical terms aren’t really my thing anyway. I think I explained it correctly to my Mom but here’s the thing:
My Mom is used to looking at me knowing that my, “Bad leg” it’s on the right. But, when I am laying on my stomach on my bed, my “Bad leg” looks like it is on my left side because I am turned over. My Mom treated my legs as such and grabbed my, “Bad leg” to move it. That caused me to yelp unlike any yelp I have given out before. Tears accompanied that yelp as well. But wouldn’t you know, when Leia heard me, she came running! Right into my room, as if to say, “Here I am!!!” My Mom had to assure her that I was okay as I was trying to gather myself.
She is just too cute and I love her!:
