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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Currently Watching
Love Actually (Full Screen Edition)
By Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson
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My second week went just as well as the first. I was able to try a couple of different heat modalities. The first was the fluidotherapy; a box with moving, heated corn husks that allows patients with arthritis to perform activities with reduced pain. The second heat modality was paraffin wax. I really liked this one, it really made me relax. I got to see a really interesting/ exciting splinting activities, my supervisor is certified to help fit a Sabeoflex splint. The splint has finger caps and hydraulic springs and chain adjustment. The patient that we saw using this splint had suffered a CVA in 1999 and is unable to really open her right hand. After the hour session with her splint while making constant adjustments she was able to successfully open her fingers in order to pick up a tennis ball without the assistance of the splint, which she could not do before the session began. The program includes use of the splint with a home exercise program to increase functional mobility. The results from one session amazed me!

We got to work with the 19 year old young man again, during our second session. We did a lot of visual perceptual activities that had some interesting results; we discovered that he really looks from the top quadrant of his eyes, and his visual tracking. In order to look at this we played table top bowling.

 

 

and among other news I wish I knew when to give up...I try soo hard and get nothing back


Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Currently Listening
Let Go
By Avril Lavigne
my world
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soo lots going on lately.....sooooooo crazy busy. Last week was my first day of fieldwork and boy am I excited about going again tomorrow. I was very excited about the fact that I might have even looked competent! I am really glad that I am becomming an OT...

 


Thursday, January 19, 2006

Currently Listening
Evolution
By Martina McBride
Happy Girl
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So things seem to be better this semister so far. I am glad to have my best friend back on Campus! her

I hope that everything stays ok... There are some things I am disappointed about but I am trying to realize that when only one person puts effort into a relationship it dosen't always work out and I have to accept that some things arn't meant to stay the same!

 

As a wise man once said:

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own.  And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets.  Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don't worry.  Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.

OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted.  But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out?  Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored.  there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame!  You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

 

And thats what i'm gonna do!


Monday, January 16, 2006

another semister begins!

 

looking foward to the great times ahead:)


Monday, December 12, 2005

Currently Reading
Nobody Nowhere : The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic
By Donna Williams
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A lot of things have changed for me this semister....

I feel as though I am not the person I was, not as welcome or accepted I am standing on the edge looking in and it feels wierd. I just don't fit anymore and I don't know why...

I question everyday whether or not I want to be an OT and then I see Mikey...but something is still missing! There are days where I have great fun and love college...like the igloo and mini bar the other night but there are these other times that I just well don't feel right!

I wish I knew what is with me...I need my rock back to tell me everything will be ok

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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