Today I finally got the brace off. 4 long months! Wow. It feels good to breath normally again lol! Much easier to transfer to and from my wheelchair, and this morning in therapy, I even did a floor to chair transfer by myself! Cathy was cheering me on.
After therapy, back in the room, I practiced my braille some more. The Dr's told me I'd be released to go to the blind school next week. So, I've really been practicing hard to get this braille alphabet down. I cannot for the life of me get S and T straight! I keep thinking S is T. So, soda becomes toda and then I'm like, oh that's an S, it's soda! I thought I was doing pretty well until Cathy timed me today. I'm only reading 4 or 5 words per minute. I'm sure it will get better with time. I am working on it everyday.
While it's still very overwhelming, considering my future as a blind paraplegic, I am excited to get on with my life. I'm anxious to get to blind school and learn more of how to function independently as much as possible.
I have to be honest though. I had so wanted to be a quadriplegic, but am finding I'm ok with just being a low paraplegic, but I do so miss my sight. I don't know how I can function this way independently, but they keep promising me I'll be suprised at just how much I can do by myself. Time will tell I suppose.
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