was on my own seeing four patients in the afternoon cos i switched my half day from wed to thursday. went around doing rounds and this lady, whom we shall call mary, was last on my list.
when i first saw mary, we needed 2 persons, almost 3 to transfer her from the wheelchair to the plinth, even using the slideboard with a slide sheet. this was due mainly to poor muscle activity in her trunk, and little function of her lower limbs; mary is wheelchair bound and when we first saw her, she was slumped and leaning to one side and couldn't even really sit on her own. mary, however, has been working hard, and we were down to 2 mod-min assist yesterday morning.
so when i was left on my own yesterday without supervision, i was told to perform passive movements, stretches and bed exercises for the patients, as most needed at least 2 persons to transfer. by the time i saw mary, i was feeling the need for something more challenging.
knowing that she only needed 2 min assist that morning, and really the front person was just guarding her knees, i was pretty confident i could transfer her on my own. so i asked mary if she felt up to going down to the gym with me and doing the transfer with just me. being mary, she said, "let's give it a go."
and we went down, and we did it!
it's amazing when you think about it's only been a week since i started working with mary and how much progress she has made. from being unable to balance in sitting without support to being able to mantain balance and weight shift to do a slideboard transfer with 1 mod assistance, it's just...awesome. ^^
we were so excited and happy!! but everyone was gone and there was no one around to witness our awesome achievement. >_<
we did it mary! ^____________^
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bravo ^^
i know. but really, she did most of the work. we just made her realise she could do it.
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