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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 390486" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Jessie is actually jealous because the bed I have has a better mattress than her hospital bed. After a few hours in the hospital bed they all get kind of hard and squished down. Luckily Jess can get up and walk around.</p><p> </p><p>We are on the rehab floor and everyone here (patients) has to wear a gait belt if they are out of bed. It is a 3 inch wide canvas belt that has to be fastened firmly so that if you fall someone can grab it. The first full day she was here she had to have someone holding on to the belt if she was out of bed. Drove her nuts but she was really patient with it. I mostly had the staff do it because I would not be able to hold her up if she fell, no way with my knees and back. Finally on Tues afternoon the physical therapist evaluated her and said she was fine to walk by herself. So now she just has to wear it but not have an adult with her or holding on to her. </p><p> </p><p>She has already read 4 of the 6 books we got at the bookstore before we came! One of them was 3 books in one volume, so she has been reading a TON. I don't think any of her books is under 300 pages as she mostly reads adult novels about vampires and mysteries. I may have to go back to the bookstore tomorrow to restock her. They have a library here that we will check out first though. And they have a bunch of movies on her tv, so that will help keep her occupied. I hope they have more scheduled for her to do tomorrow. </p><p> </p><p>Today we have the hypnosis guy coming at 1, and the neuro doctor at some point, but other than that we don't have anything scheduled. They have a craft activitiy at 3 for all the kids. If she isn't up to going they bring it to her. Yesterday they brought her 2 cupcakes to decorate like turkeys, on Monday she made a flag with leaves and other stuff. Other than that we are just waiting here. She has hot and cold packs to help with the pain, and the hypnosis/biofeedback guy is supposed to help, but that is all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 390486, member: 1233"] Jessie is actually jealous because the bed I have has a better mattress than her hospital bed. After a few hours in the hospital bed they all get kind of hard and squished down. Luckily Jess can get up and walk around. We are on the rehab floor and everyone here (patients) has to wear a gait belt if they are out of bed. It is a 3 inch wide canvas belt that has to be fastened firmly so that if you fall someone can grab it. The first full day she was here she had to have someone holding on to the belt if she was out of bed. Drove her nuts but she was really patient with it. I mostly had the staff do it because I would not be able to hold her up if she fell, no way with my knees and back. Finally on Tues afternoon the physical therapist evaluated her and said she was fine to walk by herself. So now she just has to wear it but not have an adult with her or holding on to her. She has already read 4 of the 6 books we got at the bookstore before we came! One of them was 3 books in one volume, so she has been reading a TON. I don't think any of her books is under 300 pages as she mostly reads adult novels about vampires and mysteries. I may have to go back to the bookstore tomorrow to restock her. They have a library here that we will check out first though. And they have a bunch of movies on her tv, so that will help keep her occupied. I hope they have more scheduled for her to do tomorrow. Today we have the hypnosis guy coming at 1, and the neuro doctor at some point, but other than that we don't have anything scheduled. They have a craft activitiy at 3 for all the kids. If she isn't up to going they bring it to her. Yesterday they brought her 2 cupcakes to decorate like turkeys, on Monday she made a flag with leaves and other stuff. Other than that we are just waiting here. She has hot and cold packs to help with the pain, and the hypnosis/biofeedback guy is supposed to help, but that is all. [/QUOTE]
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