You are surely in a better place and hanging in there like the strong person
you are Mykella!
Keep persevering while we all keep praying for you AND your care givers!
JanB
-----Original Message-----
From: Mykella <zora(AT)worldnet.att.net>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 5:55 PM
Subject: I drove today!
>Hello everyone,
>
>Thank you all for your messages of support. I am still reading through
>all the postings from the last week (boy, we talk a lot, don't we :-) -
>it's good). I had a very good pt day. The big, huge, thing was that I
>got in the car for my first lesson. Those hand controls will take some
>getting used to, but we already went out onto the road (45mph) and did
>u-turns, lane changes, etc. I go out again tomorrow at 8am. I know
>they are kind of spoiling me; most people only get to go out twice a
>week. My instructor is going to see me in the morning before her
>regular patients (she starts work at 9). I certainly am in a better
>place!
>
>The overnight feeding did not go well. The increased hourly volume
>caused much more pain, nausea, diarrhea. I felt much better after we
>turned it off this am. We are trying it again tonight, just in case
>last night was a flare up of something unrelated.
>
>As far as pt goes, I can "walk" the length of thew parallell bars. I am
>not really walking, just weight shifting and "swinging". It is
>exhausting, but exciting! It feels so good just to be upright.
>
>Wow...I just talked about me, me, me...sorry all. I wish you all well
>and will get through your tm mailings soon. I have read all the ones
>sent to me directly...and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your
>support.
>
>love, Mykella
>