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In the truck heading home for my day pass on Christmas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/da52c175-9226-4133-8055-24abb1bcd9f9/Cmas+3.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Taking in the wonders of my house on Christmas day with Jordan, and of course, enjoying the dog cuddles! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/bb1dd17b-e83f-46e3-8dbe-d6fc214838a1/Cmas+2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Ron teaching me how to play pool on Christmas day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/4bfb4c1a-d960-4660-9962-920fb1ef1ef9/Cmas+1.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Playing pool with Andrew on Christmas day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/404e0f00-167f-4c21-b00d-becacede8f45/Weekend+rehab+games.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 More rehab fun, playing cognitive games while weight bearing. This one always challenged me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/8be8e27a-5c0e-4260-ae03-5208cca2a564/Iso+rehab.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The games I was given during isolation to keep me occupied. I wasn't allowed to bring much to my room as the rehab equipment couldn't leave once inside so this was what my OT could come up with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/fa540702-e894-498c-b38b-590b1b373646/isolation+sign+.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The sign my nurse made me when my isolation finally finished! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/15537694-8225-459d-864b-a2911db232ab/whiteboard.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The whiteboard that my mom and I would often visit. She sent me pictures of the kind messages to me while I was in isolation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b338ce6c-6732-448d-b401-257c5e566807/Playing+Darts.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Darts quickly became my favourite pastime. I would spend hours on the weekends playing darts while weight-bearing on my left side. The rehab assistants would call it a day but I was always able to get one more game out of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/59d7b055-3395-493a-b1b6-9d79a836219f/Pulley+arm.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The pulley system. I would use my right arm to bear the weight as my left arm tried to raise and lower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/141be364-7c52-4682-9463-1b7672906490/Skateboard.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The dreaded skateboard. I hated using this but it was helpful to get my left arm to start moving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/d242f27e-66c3-4ac7-92d6-7463b64dd3dd/Fine+motor+work.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Working my left hand and it's fine motor skills. I would use my right hand to guide my left arm to try to complete some of the patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5a79d070-e17f-40c5-b131-55c774a3a86f/Photo+Album.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Going through photo albums that Jordan sent to me, along with my speech therapy books to re-learn my past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/0552e00a-866b-4958-a3f4-08d3ba6420ac/walking.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 My first steps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/06408594-dbb8-4287-b170-83d5fb576bd6/Walking+2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Learning to walk without someone guiding my left leg forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/f6f4e29d-2347-4adc-8cba-f4fa507f50a7/Walker.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 Practicing walking the halls with a walker for support. It was not long after this that I was able to walk with no support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/cbaa4dd3-16c6-47eb-a60a-f021ac79d9fb/Stairs.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The last big milestone before being sent home was learning how to do stairs. Started in the gym and then progressed to the back hallway flight. Hours were spent here going up and down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/c5fb552b-2ba9-4e66-b5ae-62fd57a19e47/Clapout.jpg Gallery - Chapters 6 - 10 The big day! The clap out as I left the hospital! https://www.21-cups.com/gallery/project-one-f5w4d-gmm6n monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/c22fb8eb-afca-4cbb-8247-1d14a7a5c11e/friends+outside.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 My friends visiting me outside the hospital, extremely happy to see them and learn their names again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/0be7cd9b-6b3e-4fee-9ee2-49cb2d0f9800/first+time+outside.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Logan took me outside for the first time. I was amazed at the cold air and everything to look at! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/a35eee3f-637e-4469-bbe0-cf60f4bc75f8/jordy+and+me+in+gym.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Jordan hyping me up for my rehab session in the gym. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/fbec81d5-9647-403f-8db0-7b5aa130a10b/christmas+stuff.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 The nurses had set up a Christmas display to bring some holiday cheer to the floor. My mom made me take pictures with it to try to understand the concept of pictures with Santa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/de9c80dd-63b4-4ec2-9282-28c544ee4110/Screenshot_20230317-134737_Facebook+%281%29.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Addie and I having wheelchair races outside the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b6681548-a05c-4abe-9c42-723b60ed3bc1/Wheeling+between+bars.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Working on the independence of getting myself between the parallel bars for some rehab work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/3a0d711d-db9f-467d-97f5-90f8c8c40f27/Speech+object+recognition.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Some of my speech therapy homework on object naming and recognition. My mom or I would point to objects and I would have to identify their name/functions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/03308259-09c7-466f-90d9-802d8eeb8a16/Pattern+work.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Weekend rehab consisted of working my brain. I spent hours working with blocks and games to replicate patterns and identify colours. An extremely challenging task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/8bb77767-9ae5-4a5b-80a5-e6a21205a1ef/Arm+weight+bearing.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Practicing weight bearing through my left side. After a few days of practicing weight bearing, I was able to start to do other simple tasks while standing with assistance such as sorting cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/97bc85d9-9180-41e9-9f59-d2d00ed5bbce/Weight+shifting.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 Working on shifting weight onto my left leg. Started with lifting my right heel off the ground and worked up to taking my right foot fully off the ground in preparation for walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/9715934a-57ec-4348-a4c3-f71c5ef1c9cd/Two+shoes.jpg Gallery - Chapters 1 - 5 I was often rocking the two different shoes look. My left foot was swollen for a while so my regular running shoes wouldn't fit. I was quickly well-known in rehab for always wearing my Crocs as it was the only shoe that would fit on my foot with the brace I used. https://www.21-cups.com/gallery/project-one-f5w4d-bws6x-a2ea3 monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/2b2cfd74-d747-4eef-9947-fe312e521747/First+class.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 My friends and I heading into my first in-person class. Super grateful to have my support team with me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5784730f-b655-4755-9fce-f1f9ca5c2db4/skating.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Jordan and Andrew taking me skating... or dumping me out of my wheelchair and taking it for a joyride as they always do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b72b630c-269d-4518-b98f-91b67efcf70a/Candy+Bags.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 The candy bag craft we made at my half-birthday party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5684bb80-1bd9-473b-9367-3d5eef049aca/Pin+the+tail.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Pin the tail on the dinosaur birthday fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/ce747e2c-1d08-4110-8fbb-24f0e864af11/B%26H+costumes.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 The girls dinosaur costumes for my half-birthday party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/8820d1b0-4493-4ed6-b3bc-5315fc0d77ab/Birthday+Cake.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Making my first birthday wish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/540f09b8-cac6-48dc-a5e9-1dda57c3775a/Stair+practice.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 The girls helping me walk on different surfaces in different footwear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/73d198fc-dc37-4015-bc5a-8edeb5cf9b52/grad+school.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 The day I got accepted into grad school! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/4841a085-f740-4f07-8322-17c57fabf7f3/Walking.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Julia helping me walk outside the hospital after my relapse in March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/842eb46b-258a-40e8-bbaa-51eb392903cc/bar.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Andrew gets a little shoutout for often wearing crazy things to the bar. I am always self conscious when using my wheelchair so he would wear things like this blue wig to make people stare at him and not me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/65bc5e1c-2ec2-4cf1-a717-d4159886a2f7/bar2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Bella and I on one of our many trips to the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/bee72f3f-efba-438f-8a48-c1d1d6568d5c/Out.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Outpatient physio work. Stair taps to improve my balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/22b14c24-d90a-4c66-b438-10b4cf04ecd9/Outpatient+2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Doing side steps during physio to strength my left leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5774f21c-af57-4b8c-b8b2-68504db1db8b/Outpatient.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Warm up at physio consisted of weight training for strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/7749b46f-7f4b-43b3-b4af-2262dabb2e8e/Baseball.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Mark and I ready to play a cold game of ball! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/4930a193-fa8d-4b89-a8d3-d2173d6a77bb/baseball.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Mom and me at baseball! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/6cfc8221-5120-4e84-9514-5fec34de4922/April.jpg Gallery - Chapters 11 - 14 Me presenting my completed undergraduate thesis poster. https://www.21-cups.com/gallery/project-one-f5w4d-bxapw monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/57dfb3be-754a-4aaa-a2bc-722d63d8f296/Trews.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Watching The Trews play at a folk festival. Absolutely love them and music in general! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5671e7d9-7779-4760-b1bb-a878c55a61d6/Snapchat-1625198895.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Jordan and I at a wedding for our friend. Working on being more comfortable using my wheelchair in social settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/06cf570a-9b25-4c66-8480-d38ad251c505/study.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Heather and I have study sessions in our living room with a candle and some music. On this particular one I got to try Tim Horton's smile cookies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/2fa34fe1-93dd-4f3e-b87c-82f5812e7cc8/fall.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Seeing the leaves changing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/f458be0b-44d0-4131-a277-ba55daffb5d5/Snapchat-79784268.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Jordan took me to a pumpkin patch to experience classic fall things! Here is Logan and I with our pumpkins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b6fe6afb-3c6e-4320-a789-e6f57759e23c/hike.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Hiking with Heather to observe the leaves falling off the trees. We hike a lot so I can watch the forest change as the seasons change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/3daa6c98-bb91-466e-b8a8-a9ea1d4b18b2/neurofeedback.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 First day of neurofeedback therapy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/94188922-0425-4b74-8675-c8ac3db0e223/spooky.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Halloween where my labmate and I dressed up as my supervisor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/9d298f8d-025e-4729-b1ec-c9eeb9f63863/Halloween.jpg Gallery - Chapters 18 - 21 Trick or Treating with the girls! https://www.21-cups.com/gallery/chapters-15-17 monthly 0.5 2023-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/7d82c01b-9fe7-4d91-8239-88798d6d1133/Snapchat-1023288671.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Sydney and I at the Peterborough Zoo for the first time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/ee3896c6-aeaa-4aff-9ab0-d45e5ffecafd/Snapchat-1580549290.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 More zoo fun with Heather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/0edfc120-b001-4e46-b88a-5131140249df/ads.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Walking Addie down the aisle at BBQ parent's wedding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/f62c6ac9-af81-446c-94a4-8273a6bca181/Wedding.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Jordan and me with our BBQ parents! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b6e6a7e5-3739-4ee4-a541-22b0067935d2/wed.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 More wedding fun with Ads! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/f31159b4-537e-4b51-823a-a3139ec43399/gradstuff.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Heather and I getting ready for my graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/6a2d195b-205d-425f-bb6e-e13b1c03ebb3/grad3.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Julia and I were going to wear crocs and Hawaiian shirts to grad but figured our parents wouldn't love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/86e9aced-2f8d-4d4a-ab1a-fda35210cda0/Grad.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Walking across the stage at graduation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/5df7f226-6629-4ee4-b134-64cf9d8a2548/grad2.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Ellen, mom and me at my graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/8e7d4c51-13eb-4b47-b8b2-39c0581d6cc5/grad4.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 The girls and I took grad pictures in the winter of 2021. It was pre-stroke so I don't remember it, but still nice to have the pictures. As you can see we couldn't all coordinate for a picture to save our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/9ee44eae-402a-4495-afcc-f7c296dd85db/grad3.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Pat even came for the pictures too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/27009977-7c3a-404a-9af5-f45ca22cdc78/AB1.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 The four kids taking on Alberta! This is the only nice photo we got of all of us during our trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/1a03ca3f-9553-45ad-8cb6-b3b6a3aaa07e/AB.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Not pictured is Andrew calling us a tow truck to get us back home from 3 hours away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/af3995a2-efa3-429d-9a58-e43dcb178fcc/AB3.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Presenting at the CPA conference! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/c23017d5-3dbc-4f40-af40-0208bce479f4/AB2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 The airport look... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/50948470-37ee-4d7c-95df-7b9c144c38db/Halifax.jpeg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Sight seeing in Halifax on the way to the conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/60d1bc45-24c2-4e27-acd5-06dc3d81d745/dance2.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Margarita showing me the moves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/de0989e3-3849-4ab4-95d4-f31373c48898/Dance.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Dance lessons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/faa9fc8b-afcc-4735-b262-5b9bc5635b21/NB.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Hiking in North Bay with my Mom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/83b2046c-0731-475d-8167-c4f935663094/Swim.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Swimming lessons! Working on my side-stroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/cce027c2-3d62-44af-a409-ee1f0e1aef10/Swim1.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Ellen teaching me how to jump into a pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/f980e945-18c9-47fd-903b-da142bd4ceda/Campingmaybe.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Adventuring with Mark and Jordan to breweries in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/1c2d27e3-e400-4bda-8d39-ccb045257c56/camping.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Camping adventures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640b9720b5396224a96cfac1/b0841169-6ca1-4aa3-aff2-c6382152d5c8/Snapchat-1242940725.jpg Gallery - Chapters 15 - 17 Aunt Sandi and I with my birthday cake she made me!