Journal entry by Virginia Sparks —
When I got home, I was treated to a couple acts of service that blessed my heart. Someone had put a big Yellow smiley face balloon on my mailbox with a Welcome home sign. When I got inside, there was a big lift chair in the living room.
This is a blessing because I was concerned in the hospital about how I was going to transfer from sitting in handout of our furniture without straining or pushing more than 10 ponds (according to the nursing staff I weigh more than that). It always amazed me that I was assigned a petite nurse that barely weighed a buck ten (110 lbs.). I acknowledge that I am a very large mammal (6'2" 270 lbs.) so transfers were a challenge in the hospital.
I enjoyed my bed last night for about 6 hours. My memory foam remembered me, and I was happy! But i had to roll out of bed and I felt my sternum pop. So I spent the rest of the time in my spiffy new-to-me chair. It looks like my memory foam may have to remember me a little longer.
I feel better each day, but it is going to take a while before I get to feeling good. I discovered something else on my walks; my lawn is not exactly level. There is a saying, "What goes up must go down." Every time I hit an incline, my heart alerted me to these previously mentioned truths.
This is a blessing because I was concerned in the hospital about how I was going to transfer from sitting in handout of our furniture without straining or pushing more than 10 ponds (according to the nursing staff I weigh more than that). It always amazed me that I was assigned a petite nurse that barely weighed a buck ten (110 lbs.). I acknowledge that I am a very large mammal (6'2" 270 lbs.) so transfers were a challenge in the hospital.
I enjoyed my bed last night for about 6 hours. My memory foam remembered me, and I was happy! But i had to roll out of bed and I felt my sternum pop. So I spent the rest of the time in my spiffy new-to-me chair. It looks like my memory foam may have to remember me a little longer.
I feel better each day, but it is going to take a while before I get to feeling good. I discovered something else on my walks; my lawn is not exactly level. There is a saying, "What goes up must go down." Every time I hit an incline, my heart alerted me to these previously mentioned truths.
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