Day 53 and 5 days left!

Man, am I making progress! I got my new rental wheelchair and it is SO much more comfortable than the old one. Plus it weighs like 10 or 15 pounds less than the one I was in before and it fits me like a glove. Also, they are letting me wheel myself to therapies by myself! That means remembering what time therapy is and where the heck I go for it. Around lunch time today they let me wheel myself off the floor, which was a little dangerous because my memory is still not so good. I managed make it to the gift shop, but I got lost on the way back. I ended up asking someone and they pointed me in the right direction. I made it back, but that is the last time I go anywhere alone. My physical therapist, Claude, introduced me to a new kind of slide board, a wooden one that works so much better then the white plastic one. She is letting me borrow it for now and I went online and found one for home. I stood in the standing frame for 40 minutes! It was awesome!!! First I was in it for PT, but then Caitlin, my occupational therapist, came in to the PT Gym to do therapy. We did arm weights, and although my left is still weaker, it is getting better. Mom came back after lunch with all my clean laundry. Dad came back from Topeka after working on my new wheel chair ramp at home. In addition, they took the carpet and the tile under it up and are refinishing my wood floor to make it easier to negotiate with my wheelchair. My new wheel chair is ordered and it will be electric blue with sparkles. I get to come home on Wednesday!!!!! My hospital bed and supplies are being delivered on Tuesday. Conan, Lori, Tessa, and Etta came to see me here at the hospital. It was amazing!!! Oh, and another amazing thing. I got my PIC line removed. No more I.V.s. I am going to my cousin, Erin's, baby shower tomorrow. (The afternoon away from the hospital.) I plan to be at Fellowship on Sunday, March 28th. I'm so excited to get home, but I'm definitely going to miss the awesome nurses here. Once I can walk again, I'm coming back to thank them with cookies and cupcakes:) Well, I'm off to bed, more tomorrow.