This is Fiona... This is Fiona on Valium

We had our 2nd PT session this afternoon. It went really well. Only problem was that the medications were off a bit. We wanted to have Tylenol about a 1/2 hour before but because she had had Tylenol with Codene at 1pm, we couldn't give her more until 5pm. We were able to give her Valium, which was better than nothing, but it made her a little loopy.

So I managed to get her out of bed and into the chair myself. I had a nurse watch me. Fiona was happy to be going on an outing. I put a regular T-shirt on her so she could feel somewhat better. We took the Get Well Book that her friends from school made. Her head was kind of drooping to the right, and she appeared really sleepy. She wanted regular socks too.

When we arrived, we were greeted by Michael, whom she had met last week for the intake evaluation. I don't need to say much more, because I took a bunch of video. Basically, he went over a few of the crucial exercises we need to be doing after SDR, and how they are different because of having had the surgery.

There's a lot of video, so I hope this works. So don't be alarmed everyone. Her weakness is typical for Day 3 after this surgery, but actually, I think today's weakness is more about Valium than surgery. You will be able to tell by the way she is talking.

Before I show you videos, I wanted to mention the visit we had from Nel.


Here's some video. I took it to help me remember everything about the exercises, so it will get boring - don't feel compelled to watch it all. All the therapists and Doug will probably appreciate what's going on in this video. I'm sorry I loaded the longest one - about 24 minutes. What was I thinking? Nevertheless, if anyone wants to see more, the others are anywhere from 1 to 2 1/2 minutes.