Update on MFM rehab therapy Thurs Jan 10:

[MiddleFingerMom]

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After evaluation by the staff during therapy, they've decided I'm in
PRETTY good shape (and just plain ol' PRETTY) and my expected
date of release is Monday Jan 14.
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I'm in agreement and happy with all those determinations.
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I don't need much... but I do need a little.
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Therapies don't start before 8 AM here... and I let them know I'm
a nightowl, so none of mine will start before 9. Seriously... they're
THAT accommodating.
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I just found out that this center ranked #1 in the state in their
patient evaluation follow-up surveys. I have NO reason to doubt
this.
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I was running late this morning and rushing to get ready by 9...
but when I looked at my therapy schedule (delivered just before 9),
I find I have nothing until 11.
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Unexpected naptime is therapeutic too, dontcha know?
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I told one of my favorite therapists what is probably a non-PC joke.
She loved it and told it to some of her co-workers. Not a single one
of them laughed -- some even looked shocked that she would tell
such a non-PC joke.
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She told it to a few of the older female patients and said that they
laughed their asses off.
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Ain't that always the way?
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How do you get an older woman to use the F-word?
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Have somebody nearby shout, "BINGO!!!"
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[NYC_SKP]

1. Isn't it time for...

...your sponge bath?

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. They have hospital beds even more technologically advanced than the hospital here.

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The controls all have illustrated adjustment controls.
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At the foot of the bed, there's one with a normal-sized
patient laying down in the bed and two slightly
smaller-sized people are laying down and ready to slide
into bed at the foot of it.
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Last night I decided that's the tagteam bedbath setting.
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I think mine is broken.
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So far, I've pressed it 8943 times without any kind of response.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

I"m thrilled to hear how well you're doing!

I think your team has figured you out and they're doing right by you...

Take care, sweetie!

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. It's really good here. One of the reasons the staff likes it is that most of the patients...

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... are more acute cases -- people who have a shot at returning to a relatively
normal life -- so they see definite and major improvement in the people they're
treating.
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They have pretty acute therapists here, too.
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Many of them have a similar look. They're not Amazons, but many are really tall
and slender -- they could be dancers. And they ALL have amazingly good posture.
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And they're ALL committed to returning me (and all their patients) home in the
best possible shape.
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[In_The_Wind]

4. BINGO

I'm so glad to know you'll be home on Monday!

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[MiddleFingerMom]

6. I'm ready to go home -- I need the rehab, but...

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... I'd like to regain my freedom. They really strive to make their restrictions
as unintrusive as possible, but the restrictions are there.
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Soon enough, soon enough I'll be there again -- and largely due to their help.
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