Jim Murray

2 years ago ·

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Progress report

Progress report

14 MONTHS OF REHAB As of yesterday I will have been home for a year and two months after a four month stay in 5 different hospitals to get rid of an Ecoli infec- tion that had lodged itself in my spine, and took away, not my legs, but my balance. During this time I had two re-hab sessions of 8 weeks each, twice a week, and the physio ther- apists got me on my feet. Then while working on a walker at home, 1 had a fall and tore a ligament in my upper arm, which precented me from doing any practice walking for several months. So most of that time was spent strengthening my legs. Once my arm was suitably healed I got back into it, and along with my rehab sessions at Shaver, was able to get back up on the walker. And then, shortly thereafter, | started taking my first unassisted steps, up to 4 x 60 feet in between the parallel bars. Once I got home, I quickly figured out how to get my butt into the pool and started swimming again. Got up to 30 lengths per session, plus free walking back and forth across the pool about 20 times per session. After leaving Shaver, Heather and I joined the spinal cord program at Brock and we go there twice a week and | have a whole little gym at my disposal, for free walking, and balance and some very good upper body equipment, which I should be able to start using next week. On the other days, | do my free walking on my wheelchair ramp and front porch and have started using a cane to compensate for my lack of balance, which is very slowly returning. I'm spending gradually more and more time moving around with my walker and my confi- dence with it has pretty much been restored, Over the winter | want to concentrate on losing weight, which will make everything easier, and walking as much as I can. So I'm praying for a winter without a lot of snow. I can deal with the cold. So that's where I'm at. Life is getting back to normal in a limited way and | am making good Pits of progress every day. Mer
#Shaver #rehab #Heather #Ecoli infec-
Comments

John Rylance

2 years ago #3

Positives seem in short supply these days. Nice to hear how you are progressing. 

Ken Boddie

2 years ago #2

You’ve got 11 years till the Olympics here in Brisbane, Jim (2032). I trust we’ll see you on the podium?  12.5m freestyle? 🏊‍♂️

Neil Smith

2 years ago #1

Hope your ongoing rehab keeps working out well. Take care.

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