Hm...

I had therapy today.  Only the right side of my body decided to sweat.

 

I finally stole this picture from Chris's phone so now I can write about our wonderful Christmas present from our church.  It's a 1995 Ford Windstar that is wheelchair accessible!  This is such a blessing.  We really didn't know what we were going to do about a vehicle that I could drive.  I absolutely love my KIA Spectra 5 but it was our only vehicle and once Chris, Abby and I are in it, along with my wheelchair, there isn't room for anything else.  The van is not set up for me to drive yet but once I get my training done (and I'll admit I'm a little apprehensive about that, especially since it sounds like I may be doing some driving in downtown Dallas for practice), we will be able to have hand controls installed.  I just can't wait to regain some of my independence. 

Also, yesterday I practiced walking for the first time!!  Ok, I wasn't the one actually picking my feet up and putting one foot in front of the other, someone did that for me, but it's a start...my legs went through the motions.  Unfortunately, my little photographer was not in the room at the time and missed it all.  She was a little upset about it and I have no pictures to share, but I promise that the monumental moment will be when I actually walk on my own, and I will be sharing video of that!

A couple of exciting things have happened in the last few weeks.

#1 - I can now flex some of my upper abs!!  This is super exciting to me because it's the first thing I've been able to control beneath my level of injury since the fall.

#2 - We have an elevator for the house!!  This is also super exciting to me because I have been sleeping in our guest room upstairs, alone, ever since I got back from rehab.  I also haven't seen the downstairs in almost nine months.

 

This is our friend, Sam.  He's helping Chris tear out part of our guest room closet for the elevator.

#3 - I've been practicing standing at therapy.  Don't get too excited...I can't actually control my leg muscles (at least not yet) and I most certainly didn't get myself in the standing position on my own.

And for the few of you that may have noticed, I'm very much aware of the pantie line.  But frankly, I don't care.  I probably should be, but I'm not embarrassed to say that.  I'm just so happy I'm not wearing diapers anymore :).  And yes, I'm not embarrassed to say that either.  Nobody reads this thing anyway, right?

Valentines day was nice.  I spent it with Chris and Abby, my  mom and my in-laws.  We met Chris's parents at Olive Garden for lunch.

This is a rare picture of me and my sweetie.  He is severely camera shy and will probably have me remove this picture as soon as he realizes it's on here, so, if you're one of the few who have never seen him and are fortunate enough for a brief sighting before the photo vanishes...consider yourself lucky. 

On a sad note, I did have to have my cat of 17 years put to sleep.  Kitten had been with me through a lot and she was a great friend.  Yes, I know...what kind of a name is Kitten?  Well, I'm not very good at coming up with names and it's all I could think of at the time.  I may have stunted her growth by calling her that.  She sure was a small cat.