Angela's Blog

Hi.

Lots of progress to report.

The biggest of which is - I'LL BE BACK TO WORK TOMORROW!!! Dottore is giving me a ride there and Mom is picking me up. So we're on! And I don't even have to fret about the office. I don't have one yet but it is still in the works. And thanks much for the super helpful responses to my last blog entry. I am totally okay even if I do get an office. It's just a tool to help me be more successful. That's all. I don't need to attach any big meaning to it that it doesn't really carry. Should be good. I'm interested to see how long it takes me to wade through 9 months worth of emails. It'll be interesting at the very least. And I'm excited to be back around all my work buddies. If fact those numbers have actually increased since I've been gone. Thanks to this blog. And some big hearts. I'm blessed to be able to call more of you friends than ever before. Though it is quite possible I'll actually lose my voice from saying "thank you" so much to all the people who have stood by me through this whole adventure. You know who you are. And, thank you.

Next one is that I am almost done with my cognitive and psychotherapy groups at UW. And boy have they been good. I think I may have even made a new friend through them. And I've learned a ton! I'm so glad I signed up for both of them.

Also had a pretty big success today at PT. I walked across the balance beam! I fell off it at least once too but I stayed on it more than once as well. Who knew that was ever going to be possible again?!?! Bet you wouldn't guess I was paralyzed less than a year ago! Hallelujah! Miracle indeed! Go Jesus!

And yesterday I drank soda out of a can with my left hand and did the running game on the Wii. The game consisted of me jogging in place. And I did it! And I was able to lift the soda can to my mouth and tip it backward without spilling all down the front of myself!

And in the last few days I've ventured out and discovered that I can do stairs step over step without holding onto the rail! Both going up and going down! Yesssssssss! Success!

What the heck is coming next?

Feel free to do a little happy dance to celebrate with me. God knows I've been happy dancing plenty lately. Maybe even futterwacking?!?!

Talk at ya soon. I'll let y'all know how work goes.

Ang