Since my trip to Russia, I have began therapy again, this time at HealthSouth Rehab in Plano, TX. I am currently seeing a (PT) physical therapist, Ella who happens to be from Russia. Presently, I am working with my PT on upper body strengthening, abdominal strengthening, back strengthening and balancing. The picture below is me on the motomed. The motomed is a machine that uses a motor to move my legs (in a cycling motion).
In these pictures, I am using weights and an arm bicycle to strengthen my upper body. We have to wrap my hands with gauze or quad mittens to stay. I also strengthen my upper body with the Pulley machine. To work on balancing and my abdominal muscles, I transfer on the mat, working out on there.
Having no use of my legs, arms, or fingers makes everything very difficult. However, I have learned to work and live with what I can move and do. And coming to the realization that I may not recover from paralysis and sensation loss was the hardest thing I have had to conquer through this entire mess. But, God saved me from that horrific wreck and I know He is not finished with me. Everything Happens For a Reason.
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