I had my meeting today and it turns out that I'm officially on the Transitional Care Unit for five more days. I'm hoping after my ortho appointment on Tuesday I will 1.) be able to use crutches and 2.) be able to move into more intensive rehab.
Currently, my worst symptom is boredom. Now that the pain is mostly gone, I can focus on how unoccupied I am. I spend two hours a day in therapy: one hour in Occupational Therapy and one hour in Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy is challenging. Occupational Therapy is challenging, too...however I find it somewhat frustrating that making banana bread is challenging, though. And I also find it funny that I'm allowed to use an oven, but not allowed to take a shower.
Yesterday I was sitting across from a very funny man in OT. He had just worked with an OT to fill out his menu for the following day. We were listening to music and "Margaritaville" came on the radio. He looked at me and said, "Where do we find those on the menu?" Also, today in Recreation Therapy (which I did not attend) they had "Happy Hour". This included fruit punch and fresh veggies. I'm all about the fresh veggies, but I'll be honest, alcohol or not, my idea of Happy Hour does not involve people twice my age.
I'm sure that tomorrow will bring more adventures. I certainly hope so.
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