Well, it's the end of another week...finally! It's felt like a long one. I have now been here 2 weeks and a day. It actually doesn't seem like it's been that long, although the individual days go by SO slow. This weekend I actually get to go on the outing, so I'm pretty excited about that. We are going to one of those places where you paint pottery. It should be pretty fun, even just to get out for a bit.
The last few days have been really hard. It's the family week, which they have every month. My family couldn't make it to this one, and it was hard to watch a lot of the other patients have their families with them. Makes me very homesick. It was interesting to have the schedule changed up a bit.
Today I went to get a bone scan to see if my bone density has been damaged. It felt kind of weird to do that...I don't think anyone in the waiting room was under 60 years old. The actual procedure was quick and painless, but it was just a little strange, cause, well, I'm 19 years old, I shouldn't have to be worrying about osteoporosis. The last few weeks have definitely been eye-opening in seeing the damage to my body that I hadn't seen before.
I'm still having on and off trouble sleeping. The doctor raised the dosage of my sleep meds today, so hopefully that'll help. I feel like I'm on so many drugs, but it is helping. I don't think I've ever taken so many vitamins before! And now I get to add this nasty powder mix stuff 3 times a days to, um, get my colon working again.
The weather is still CRAZY. It's been pretty consistantly cold. There have been a lot of storms the last few days, right now there's lots of lightning and thunder. And the weather forcast for tommorrow morning is...more snow. I miss the California sun!
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I love you Brookie! I still think you should go outside when it's snowing and eat it!!! FOR ME!!! hahaha, I'm so proud of you! Keep it up brooke! You've got so much support back home cheering you on!!! Have fun at the pottery place tomorrow...I'm sure I'll talk to you ;) Love you friend!
brooke! keep it up .. you're absolutely amazing .. exciting abou tthe outing .. have an amazing time .. or hope you had one .. painting pottery? how fun!!! looking forward to the next update .. i love you brookie and im praying for you daily!!!
Sonds like it's been a challenging week. As you slowly get your body to recalibrate, my prayer is that you'll begin to be able to sleep. By the way, if you see any tornados, I want pictures!
So do they us the phrase "one day at time" a lot there? Hang in there. How was the outing, fun times! Always thinking of you!
Yeah Brooke! I know how much you were determined to make it to the outing - good for you! The Cooper's say 'hi'; expect a card from them soon.
What did the density test say about your bones? Your mom gave me a cool angel figurine and Katie has taken to calling it Brookie :-) Much love, beautiful woman!
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