This blog was originally dedicated to update my friends and family on the details of my recovery from a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). I later began writing myself and now use this blog to document my journey through life with a spinal cord injury.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Paul's Day with Carson (13 year old brother)


Last week on Tuesday I got to skip school (YEAH!!) and go see Carson who is my big brother in the hospital. We got there and he was just given breakfast. We just hung around for a while until Occupational Therapy. This was the first time that he would go out off of the hospital grounds.... big deal......like BIG DEAL. We went out to the van and they had a special lift that lifted him up into the van, it was so cool.  So we went to Great Clips and he got to have an awesome haircut.  Across the street and to the right was Costa Vida and Carson, the Occupational Therapist and I got really good food.  After eating out we got back in the van and drove back to Physical Therapy (which we were a little late for). They hooked him up to a bike that pedals itself to move his muscles and they hooked up the pads that gave him a tiny shock to make his muscles flex when the bike would make his leg go up. When he was done we went back to the room.  When we got back to the room I interviewed him for a school project. The two questions I asked him were "How have you gotten through challenges in your life?" and "What are your plans for the future?"  He gave some great answers which will help my essay for school.  After that we had a quiet time (which I hate) and we all just relaxed. It was an awesome day and I learned a lot about what he does in a day. I hope I get to do it again.

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