Author: Jen Rios

Smooth

I watched 2 Netflix movies today that were COMPLETELY in line with my Christmas movie watching.

I first watched Jingle Jangle A Christmas Journey:

I didn’t see this one last year and it totally startles me that Forest Whitaker can sing?!!!

I accidentally put the video in twice, but I really liked watching it!

Then my Mom came to sit in the living room and we just let the movies play that were available on Netflix and we saw Holiday in the Vineyard and we watched that one too! It was really cute!:

But, the whole time I was watching these two holiday Netflix movies, my legs were spasming like crazy! Both of them! I could even feel it in my butt. I just have to ride out the spasm.

It wasn’t until my Mom was ready to go to sleep that she asked me what that shaking was as she sat next to me. It was my legs! They were shaking like crazy because I was having a spasm. But with my new foot pedals, my feet don’t jerk completely off of the foot pedal anymore! It kind of makes me think of this song that my Mom absolutely loves but my chair is really Smooth with all my adjustments!!!

‘Flush-er’

Dave, my wheelchair tech came over today to adjusted my leg rests. When we got my chair last Thursday, my Mom wanted Diane to show her how the electric lift works. I was transferred into my new chair from my old chair using the electric lift!

It was so beyond easy and it felt like I was on the Swings ride at Cedar Point! Because this chair has different pedal rests, they are longer (Which is very beneficial for me!) We did not realize how the longer length in the pedal would make it not fit flush with the calf rests. Transferring was a little bit painful. He came over today!

When he came in, I told him that it feels like this chair is made for me, and then we said laughing at the same time, “Well, it is!” my Mom explained how the pedals were not resting flat on the calf rests so it makes getting out of my chair, awkward to say the least. My Mom explained that to Dave as he had me recline in my chair and he did the adjustments as I was seated in the chair

As I was reclined, my Mom explained to him what was going on with the pedals Dave just said, “ oh, OK. It just needs to be ‘flush-er.’ I laughed at hearing him say that because that’s exactly what needs to happen. He was at my house for probably five minutes and we wished each other merry Christmas and he reminded us that he is available by text and anytime. He stopped by today on his way home from work.

Dave and Diane are my peeps now. While they have been for a while! I think I got fitted for my custom manual chair in 2013? Maybe it was 2015. I think I will have to look into that. I was just thinking that this being my second power chair, I won’t see them again for another five years, and I will be even more limited than I am right now. I really did like Dave describing it as. ‘flush-er.’

Over 5 years and 149 Days.

Well, my new chair is STILL comfortable! It’s still feels like it was made for me, because it was! I was talking with my Mom today, and I reminded her (mostly reminded myself) by telling her that Diane told us that with each new chair, there would be a little improvements.

The two biggest improvements I am noticing today, and it is such a small thing, but my foot pedals are a little bit longer so when my legs spasm (which they are doing a lot today, but a little less than yesterday, which is even less than Friday) I just put my hands on my knees and my feet don’t jerk off of the pedals!

The second thing I am noticing is that with each adjustment of my chair, it sounds so smooth! Everything is tight right now but eventually it will get rickety, but it’s not today! And for that I am so happy I looked at my Mom kind of wistfully, and I told her with tears in my eyes that I haven’t felt this comfortable in over five years and 149 days because that is how long it has been since I got a new chair!

Phase 3 2023 = Complete

I guess that it’s better late than never but I woke up to phase 3 being completed. I felt just like Gus-Gus!:

I cannot believe that Cinderella was made in 1950!?! I grew up watching that movie! Here she is!:

I waited until night time to take a picture with just the lights on the tree on in the room.

This year, I have made the executive decision to put ornaments on the top half of my tree, because Leia is 4 now. My Mom and I will choose the ornaments to put on together probably tomorrow at the earliest.