Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe
Check out these narrow stairs!
So much time has passed since I posted my last blog!!! Sorry about that! Physical Therapy has kept me busy and have I ever been busy! I have been testing out the durability of my EBS 3R60 knee and walking quicker! I have even begun walking without a crutch! I am still not that confident going down or upstairs without one though! So now I have fallen approx. 10 times in four months! I think I may walk a little faster than my leg can keep up with!! In fact I scared the heck out of the Occupational Therapists. My father and I were walking down the hallway at the U of U Hospital going to see the doctor and I had a good fast pace going, we walked passed them. They thought since I was walking ahead of him that he had pushed me down and they came charging across the room. I gave them the hand signal I was okay and that loud thud was my prosthetic knee hitting the floor and I was fine! Luckily I had again "folded up" in slow motion and was just fine! No cuts or bruises! My poor dad! I must say I have definately kept his life exciting since I had this accident!
WELL now to the real story - - My son, myself and my parents took the train to Reno for Spring Break (to visit my daughter)! Eventhough it was approx. an 11 hour train ride it was really great! On the way over we stayed in a sleeper car as we left at 10:30 at night and didn't arrive in Reno until 9:30 a.m. I was quite surprised by how NARROW the stairs and hallways were, but it worked out to my advantage! Walking on the train was pretty difficult while it was moving for me, so can you imagine what was like for someone with two good legs?! I know my son wobbled back and forth!!!
The train rooms, of course were small, and my son was surprised we had to stay in bunkbeds. I think he was expecting a little bit of a hotel room situation, hmmmm. However, after the train headed out his matter of thinking changed and he thought it was quite cool and he actually enjoyed sleeping on the top bunk and it was a pretty neat room after all! I on the other hand did not really mind the tightness of the room, it would have been nicer to have a little more room, however, when I made the reservations I knew exactly what to expect on the sleeper. I just expected a little more room, but for as small as the rooms were I was surprised how easy it was to remove my leg and place it upright and then put it back on again the next morning with no problem! Nice. . . The next morning when I got up I yelled over to my mom "Help, me my left leg is missing!" She just laughed about the whole thing as we can joke about these kind of things now!
The trip to Reno was wonderful and it was just what the therapist ordered for me! We took a day trip to Lake Tahoe! We drove up to Emerald Bay and there was snow on the ground and it was pretty cold, but we still walked around. It was a bit rocky and rough, but I walked around the terrain with little to no difficulty at all! It was beautiful and I took a few pictures, one which is shown up above! It was really such a great and enjoyable trip! The train ride was such a great experience for all of us!
So much time has passed since I posted my last blog!!! Sorry about that! Physical Therapy has kept me busy and have I ever been busy! I have been testing out the durability of my EBS 3R60 knee and walking quicker! I have even begun walking without a crutch! I am still not that confident going down or upstairs without one though! So now I have fallen approx. 10 times in four months! I think I may walk a little faster than my leg can keep up with!! In fact I scared the heck out of the Occupational Therapists. My father and I were walking down the hallway at the U of U Hospital going to see the doctor and I had a good fast pace going, we walked passed them. They thought since I was walking ahead of him that he had pushed me down and they came charging across the room. I gave them the hand signal I was okay and that loud thud was my prosthetic knee hitting the floor and I was fine! Luckily I had again "folded up" in slow motion and was just fine! No cuts or bruises! My poor dad! I must say I have definately kept his life exciting since I had this accident!
WELL now to the real story - - My son, myself and my parents took the train to Reno for Spring Break (to visit my daughter)! Eventhough it was approx. an 11 hour train ride it was really great! On the way over we stayed in a sleeper car as we left at 10:30 at night and didn't arrive in Reno until 9:30 a.m. I was quite surprised by how NARROW the stairs and hallways were, but it worked out to my advantage! Walking on the train was pretty difficult while it was moving for me, so can you imagine what was like for someone with two good legs?! I know my son wobbled back and forth!!!
The train rooms, of course were small, and my son was surprised we had to stay in bunkbeds. I think he was expecting a little bit of a hotel room situation, hmmmm. However, after the train headed out his matter of thinking changed and he thought it was quite cool and he actually enjoyed sleeping on the top bunk and it was a pretty neat room after all! I on the other hand did not really mind the tightness of the room, it would have been nicer to have a little more room, however, when I made the reservations I knew exactly what to expect on the sleeper. I just expected a little more room, but for as small as the rooms were I was surprised how easy it was to remove my leg and place it upright and then put it back on again the next morning with no problem! Nice. . . The next morning when I got up I yelled over to my mom "Help, me my left leg is missing!" She just laughed about the whole thing as we can joke about these kind of things now!
The trip to Reno was wonderful and it was just what the therapist ordered for me! We took a day trip to Lake Tahoe! We drove up to Emerald Bay and there was snow on the ground and it was pretty cold, but we still walked around. It was a bit rocky and rough, but I walked around the terrain with little to no difficulty at all! It was beautiful and I took a few pictures, one which is shown up above! It was really such a great and enjoyable trip! The train ride was such a great experience for all of us!
