Angela's Blog

Hey there.

It has been a GREAT few days! Especially today!

Today I got up at 5 o'clock (like usual on work days) but this morning was all together different. This morning I didn't feel like I was dragging ass. I felt well rested and awake. Awesome! And, duh, it was because I actually heeded my husband's advice finally. I went to bed at 9 last night. Boy oh boy, that Josh guy really knows what he's talking about. :) He's been telling me to go to bed at 9 for at least a week and last night I finally listened. Before I had been laying down at 9 but screwing around until 10:30ish. Last night I actually went to bed at 9. Wow! What a difference getting enough sleep makes! Thanks, Meow.

Then the bus driver was on crack or something this morning because she got us downtown super fast. Thus I was able to catch an earlier shuttle and get all my arm exercises done before yoga even started. And it was another FANTASTICAL day of yoga. Thank you, Stacie!

And I got to pick up my tickets to go see Demico fight at the Rumble on the Ridge cage fights next month. Thank you, Dan! I'm super excited about that! Should be a great time! And, as weird as it sounds, Demico is my only visual memory from all my time in the hospital. The only thing that I can picture in my head from the whole three months in the hospital/nursing home is the picture that Demico sent me hanging up at the foot of my bed in Harborview Inpatient Rehab. I can still see where he wrote on it "Keep Fighting" like he really knew me. I'm hoping to get the chance to meet him after the fight in July and thank him for the picture. I think it really helped me. Nothing like an MMA fighter telling you to "keep fighting" to keep you motivated while relearning how to walk, etc.

Then when I got into work I gave a talk about brain injury to my department and it went really well. Lots of questions and discussion. And lots of "wow"s. Now there's a whole department of scientists that know more than they ever wanted to about brain injury. And my mom came too! She was able to answer all the questions about the time I don't really remember.

After my talk I got to go help with Take Your Kid To Work Day. What fun! I manned a shrinky dink station and made trinkets for kids.

Yesterday was a good day too. I got to have lunch with some friends and it was great! Thanks, ladies! I also made another step forward on the neurofeedback front. Looks like my insurance will at least partially cover it! I got all the billing details worked out with the receptionist yesterday. Yeah! Hopefully that'll be coming soon.

And Monday contained a HUGE success! I am now officially done with my HBOT treatments! I think it was a pretty big help. It really made possible multitasking and dramatically improved my ability to sequence. And most people have seen marked improvements for about a month after their treatments are completed. So we'll see what's coming next. I'll certainly keep you updated.

Another AWESOME thing from Monday was when Josh and I planned to go visit Nate and Rebecca over 4th of July. Perfect! We've been wanting to go see them since the accident. They have been such a huge support for us through this whole thing. Don't think we could have asked for anything more from them, really. So excited! And Mom helped us get a hotel room so we don't even have to take up a bunch of space in their house. Yessssssss. Can't wait to see you guys!

That's about it.

Have a good one.

Ang