Thursday, April 09, 2020

Day 9

I added four new exercises to Joan's "program" today. No, I'm not over-working her. 3 of them are done while sitting in her wheelchair and the other while standing. That one is just bending the legs at the knees while I stand behind her for security. 2 of them are done while sitting at the dining room table, placing her hands on a facecloth and first pushing the cloth across the table to the other side. The second one is moving the washcloth with her hands extended like a windshield wiper. They are to strengthen her shoulders and arms. The fourth one in the chair is raising the heel of her foot like she was standing on her toes.  This strengthens her ankle for walking. I've been getting advice from a therapist via chat.

With Joan safely in bed, I went to Carrefour to do shopping. I knew I would set a new cost record because of buying diapers, disinfectant soap, laundry soap, Kleenex, water plus the actual food. I was right. 226 PLN($54). My menu to make for the week is Chicken Chorizo & Basmati Rice, Fruit Salad, Tuna pasta salad, Sweet Potatoes & salad, Blue cheese & Walnut pasta, Spaghetti, and pizza. I have the recipes so they shouldn't be too hard to make.

I have to admit my personality is not suited to be a therapist. Sometimes when Joan can't comprehend an exercise I get angry inside. I'm not angry at her because it's not her fault, but inside me, anger is because of frustration. I try to take a break when that happens and try again.

Dzisiaj doda艂em 4 nowe 膰wiczenia do programu rehab dla Joan. Nie, nie przem臋czam jej zbytnio. Trzy z nich robi siedz膮c na w贸zku inwalidzkim, a dwa stoj膮c. Jedno to tylko zginanie n贸g na kolanach, podczas gdy ja stoj臋 za ni膮 dla bezpiecze艅stwa. Dwa z nich s膮 wykonywane podczas siedzenia przy stole w jadalni, z r臋kami na obrusie i najpierw popchaniu tkaniny w poprzek sto艂u na drug膮 stron臋. Drugi to przesuwanie 艣ciereczki r臋kami roz艂o偶onymi jakby pracowa艂a wycieraczka samochodowa. Maj膮 one wzmocni膰 jej barki i ramiona. Czwarte 膰wiczenie na krze艣le polega na podnoszeniu pi臋t st贸p, jakby sta艂a na palcach u n贸g. To wzmacnia kostk臋 do chodzenia. Otrzyma艂em porady od terapeuty na czacie.

Kiedy Joan le偶a艂a bezpiecznie w 艂贸偶ku, poszed艂em do Carrefour na zakupy. Wiedzia艂em, 偶e ustanowi臋 nowy rekord wydatk贸w, poniewa偶 kupowa艂em pieluchy, myd艂o dezynfekuj膮ce, myd艂o do prania, chusteczki, wod臋 i jedzenie. Mia艂am racj臋. 226 Z艁($54). Moje menu na tydzie艅 to Chicken Chorizo & Basmati Rice, Sa艂atka owocowa, Sa艂atka z tu艅czyka, Sweet Potatoes & Sa艂atka, Makaron z niebieskim serem i orzechami w艂oskimi, Spaghetti, i pizza. Mam przepisy, wi臋c nie powinny by膰 one zbyt trudne do wykonania.

Musz臋 przyzna膰, 偶e moja osobowo艣膰 nie nadaje si臋 do bycia terapeut膮. Czasami, gdy Joan nie mo偶e zrozumie膰 jakiego艣 膰wiczenia, denerwuj臋 si臋 w 艣rodku. Nie gniewam si臋 na ni膮, bo to nie jej wina, ale we mnie gniew jest spowodowany frustracj膮.
Kiedy tak si臋 dzieje, pr贸buj臋 sobie zrobi膰 przerw臋 i pr贸buj臋 ponownie.