CONQUERED

Before I could go home from the hospital I had to walk the hallway and walk up and down the stairs. Our house is a ranch with a full set of stairs down to the basement. Our family room, laundry, food storage and my scrapbooking area is in the basement. We have 2 steps into our house from both the garage and front door and I've been able to do them fairly well.

I've been too scared to go near the stairs to the basement since I got home. At physical therapy last Friday we worked a lot on how to walk up and down stairs. It was such a challenge mentally and physically. I came home exhausted. My right leg felt like it had run a marathon. I had no idea how much goes into walking up and down stairs.

Tonight after the kids went to bed and the house was quiet we headed to the stairs. Johann stood 2 steps down from me and I started walking down the stairs and I CONQUERED them!!! 

Once I got downstairs I had to explore every room. I haven't been down there in 17 days. I've never gone that long not going into the basement.

Going up was so much easier then going down. I was even able to step up alternating between both legs.  I felt more burning in my right thigh then my left. It's amazing how much harder it is to do everything now and it takes so much more energy.

1st obstacle conquered. 

Good thing it's bedtime because now I'm exhausted!

I CAN DO THIS!!!