One Day Closer to Christmas
It is one day closer to Christmas as well as one day closer to when I will be discharged from the rehab facility. I still don’t know an exact discharge date, but I thought I heard December 7th mentioned in the care plan meeting last Tuesday. If it is indeed that soon, I will file the 48-hour immediate insurance appeal. I will argue that I need to be here longer to get stronger and to build endurance. I am still having knee pain, difficulty with at least some of my transfers, some bed mobility issues, and while exercising or standing, I get out of breath quickly. I also need a great deal of assistance with bathing, dressing, and toileting. I am sorry to be so graphic, but it is what it is. I don’t know whether or not I would win the appeal, but I must try. Winning could get me a few more days here.
I started my day out this morning with two high blood pressure readings. A little later I had a better reading. I was dizzy with a headache, and my right knee and leg were hurting. My nurse gave me a hydrocodone pill (the first I have had in a long, long while), and it made me “woozy.” Even so, this afternoon I was able to have both physical and occupational therapy. I did 16 minutes on the NuStep machine as well as leg exercises while seated in the wheelchair. Plus I did a walk in the gym. My therapists helped me put on my new knee brace, which helped somewhat with giving the knee more support. I am not supposed to wear it all the time, even all the time when I am exercising. My therapists don’t want to overuse the brace because doing so could mean that my leg and knee muscles wouldn’t get as strong as they need to be. In occupational therapy I did weight exercises for my core and upper body strength.
Now I have eaten all three of my daily meals, am listening to TV, and awaiting my nurse bringing my evening medicine. Before bedtime I hope to add some items to my AI Gallery on this site and then configure at least two products for the RedBubble store.
I received an email from RedBubble. They refused to give me an answer on whether or not they allow uploads of AI generated art. Since I have commercial license for the AI art, I guess I will go ahead and upload what I want to upload. I am certain that RedBubble will contact me again if they don’t like something I have uploaded.
Saying “goodnight” for now. Blessings!
One more addition to this post… Yesterday the floor in the main gym was being waxed. So the therapy department moved some of the exercise equipment to different living room areas here at the rehab facility. It was really nice being able to exercise on the NuStep and the arm bike while looking at television and decorated Christmas trees! :)