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NO LIMB-ITS CHALLENGE Day-6!!

 April 6th:

The pain kept me up all night.

They say the rain can increase your pain, well, they must be right!

I have this feeling that my foot is being suffocated in cement. I can feel my ankle move trying to break free. Weird I know, honestly without looking at it, I can't even tell if my foot is really gone or not. I can also feel the pain in my ankle from where the open wound had been.

Needless to say, I didn’t fall asleep till 7 am.

When I woke up at 12:30 in the afternoon, I ate the leftovers from our dinner the night before and started my day.

The nausea was intense when I first woke up but eased up as the day continued. My sinus infection is still there, just not as debilitating as the day before.

Outside of all of that though, let me just say, I had so much ENERGY!!

I spent the day perfecting my laundry techniques, while jamming out to some music. There is a whole skill to affectively doing laundry now. As if, it wasn’t already a pain before with two legs. It is not even more difficult.

It took me an hour to figure out how to maneuver my wheelchair down the narrow hallway and get past the slide outdoor. The dryer door is a whole other challenge it opens towards me, not away. Let’s just say some of the clothes didn’t make it out of the dryer and was just added to the next cycle.

Finding a way to transfer it from the dryer to couch was creative. No, I didn’t have to go that far with it but I saw the empty birthday bag, and improvised to my advantage. I have no clue where the clean basket disappeared to.

Hey, it worked!

I honestly wasn’t going to even attempt it once I realized how difficult I was going to be. But, then I realized that was just me being lazy. I could do it, and I did!

I felt like I did before the accident, a mom just keeping up with the house. 


It was AMAZING!

 I was in such a good mood, because I accomplished the chores enough to know I can at least keep up with the important tasks. I felt so good to be able to knock out my motherly duties like that, just listening to my music, through the living room tv. It was more freedom, and responsibility on my plate.

Slowly but surely, I am gaining back the independence I lost.

And, what better way to end this momma’s day, then to make my first meal since the amputation. That’s right, this momma is back in the kitchen! Thank God too, because I am so tired of fast and easy foods.

So tonight, we had Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin, with Rice and Corn. Oh, I also made eggs, why?  Because, just like every mom has experienced, kids are picky eaters, and Bennett is hooked on eggs!

He helped me, well tried too at least. Actually, he cracked his own egg with no shells (Proud Mom moment). His scrambling techniques, however, need some improvement. Very, aggressively he slung hot egg into my eye.

Wonderful, I know!

None the less it was a beautiful day. And even though pain set in at bed time. I went to bed feeling satisfied with all I accomplished, and more complete than I have in a while.

 

Till the next time,

 

 Challenge Tracker:

1)      Cleaned the living room

2)      Dishes while standing

3)      Yard work (cleaning out flower beds)

4)      Started a Blog

5)      Used Crutches

6)      Laundry

7)       Cooking

 

NO LIMB-ITS CHALLENGE:

Find at least one thing, just one. (Can be more, but not less) that you are either struggling with or learning something new. Try it and, make it happen this month!

No excuses, No LIMB-ITS!

Then share! You will be amazed how Contagious, your own strength and motivation, truly is!

Build yourself, improve yourself, Believe in yourself!

Because at the end of the day, our happiness is our own responsibility!

 

(Limb Loss Awareness Month-Challenge)


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