Hello Sunday

Today is Sunday, July 9, 2023 and it’s the start of a full week ahead. Before we talk about today let’s briefly talk about the weekend! I hope everyone got to enjoy their weekend with family and friends like I did. I got to spend lovely quality time with some family, some very dear-to-my-heart longtime friends, plus I got a bonus this weekend…Two very beautiful souls came to visit me separately and their visits meant the world to me. You see, although I’ve known these two ladies for a very, very long time, we don’t usually socialize and our paths didn’t cross much in the past. Since they heard about my hospitalization, both have been so supportive and have genuinely been concerned about my condition and my progress. Their separate visits to me were truly uplifting and their encouragement was honestly so heart-felt. Rekindling with delightful people in your life will always revitalize you and fill your heart with joy. Try it sometime!

So back to today…I stopped taking my sleeping pill from Thursday night and although the first two nights were a little rough, I was finally able to get a good nights’ sleep last night and woke up this morning feeling rested. الحمد لله. Maybe psychologically because it’s Sunday, the beginning of the ‘work’ week, I woke up feeling lazy and not really in the mood to do anything, physically. Luckily for me I got a call from PMR and they told me my appointments will be pushed back one hour today so I started at 11:00 instead of 10:00. Yay! Simple pleasures.

First up was PT and I was back in the hydro pool with my original therapist that was assigned to me. She pushed me to new limits today with the water exercises and I could feel my muscles working harder than they’d ever worked before. I knew I’d be paying for this later but at the time it felt incredible. There’s something about being in the water that feels so good on your body. It was a 30-minute session in the pool but it had felt like an hour!

Next up was OT and I was so relieved when she told me our focus today would be on my hands only…My body needed a break after the swimming. Although the tension in the muscles of my fingers has gotten much better, I’m still having some issues with the pinky of my right hand and the thumb of my left hand. We did various exercises using the tools in the picture above…some were more challenging than others. What I had thought would be a relatively easy session turned out to be quite a work out! Of course the movement in my hands felt much better by the time we were done but I was exhausted and ready to go back home. Overall, it was a good start to the week and I’ll be sure to keep you posted on what’s coming up next…

ربي اجعلني لك شكارًا، لك ذكارًا، لك رهابًا، لك مطاوعًا، لك مخبتًا، إليك أواهًا منبيًا، الحمد لله رب العالمين حمدًا لشُكرهِ أداءً، ولحقهِ قضاءً، ولِحُبهِ رجاءً ولفضلهِ نماءً ولثوابهِ عطاءً.