Angela's Blog

Boy, this week has been a whirlwind!

Started out with the neuropsych test. Which was intense! And unfortunately took 2 days to get through. Tuesday was 7 hours of testing and a 2 hour interview with some doctors. Whew - big day. Then I had another 2 1/2 hours of testing on Wednesday. It was sort of fun but I was surprised at how tired I was at the end of the day on Tuesday. And some of the questions were super dumb. Like what is the circumference of the earth? And how many minutes does it take for sunlight to reach the earth? Who knows??? TBI or not I don't know the answers to those questions. But I did get to represent us science nerds pretty well when the lady administering the test asked me at what temperature does water boil and I told her in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. I even called my boss to tell him about that. All in all I think it went pretty well and I get to find out on Friday. I think I'll be okay as long as I get above 90th percentile. Any lower and that is just too foreign for me.

Let's see, what else this week? Success at the gym on Thursday. I did one set of assisted pull ups and 10 minutes on the stepmill. Plus I did 10-10-12 on the shoulder press machine. Pretty darn good. And then I was able to hold a 5 lb weight in my left hand and raise it out to the left for 3 sets of 10 too.

Then I went to the dentist and got told I can wait for the root canal. I guess the nerve damage to the left side of my face makes it unclear if I need the root canal for sure and if I need any other ones too. I think we're just going to check again in 6 months.

I also earned Josh and I a free dinner on Thursday. Josh's dad and stepmom came over and Josh's dad said he'd buy dinner if I could run up the stairs. So I hauled butt and pretty much did. And boy was that dinner tasty!

Last night we got to go hang out with Billy and Sharon at their house. Delicious dinner again to say the least. Plus I got some acupuncture and we watched a movie. Pretty fun.

And then this morning I did something else all new again. I cooked breakfast! I made a hash brown patty that we shared plus I made us both toast. Mine had cream cheese and smoked salmon on it and Josh's was just buttered. Then I made some juice (from frozen concentrate) and had a smoothie. Plus I was able to make Josh some scrambled eggs. It was almost like old times again. A little more work with the left hand but it paid off. Breakfast was great and it felt really good to take care of my husband.

Today started with sleeping in and is shaping up to be a pajama day. Yesssss!!!!! Not too much on the docket for next week. I have a urology appointment at Harborview on Tuesday. I was slow in scheduling it because I didn't know why I needed it. Finally I learned it is follow up for my lacerated kidney so I put it in the cue. Then Friday I have the neuropsych read out which I'm pretty interested in. Not much else besides OT and pool therapy.

Thanks for keeping up,

Ang