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I'm glad you're getting more independent Amye!
Mark
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Date: 04/05/06 21:47:48
Subject: [QUAD-L] Progress
Well I want to share my progress in OT/PT.
I got pants unbuttoned for the 1st time in 7+ years on Tuesday... boy was it frustrating LOL... Ive been working on it with the tool they let me have... I timed myself tonight so I could be aware of my body and when the urge to go comes. It took 38 seconds on a bad try to get them unbuttoned. It takes around 18 to button them.
My mom made me a tool today to unzip pants. Well tonight I got them unzipped. Considering these are new pants it was little tough getting down all the way. I guess curiosity was working on me, so I thought I would try getting the undies out of the way and peeking. The stoma wasnt as far down as I thought. I got one of the kits we have been using and couldnt even get the catheter out of the tip of the bag. LOL
My mom got a cath and a bottle and said for me to give it a whirl, she was going walkin! g. I sat there a second sizing up the task, looks easy enough, so I put the end of the catheter into the bottle and moved the undies down again. I got the tip of the catheter in with my right hand and started pushing it in with left. Lo and behold it was going in!!!! It only took 4 inches and BAM!!! I catheterized myself for the 1st time today!!!! That was so much fun!!! Now comes the cleaning the catheter part. I will work that tomorrow!!!
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