Last three weeks I have not seen much of my friends except once a week or so, visiting wound nurse Ms. Rhonda Clayville and her assistant Shannon. Rhonda works with Dr. Gerber.
Rhonda is wonderful not only her skill on caring my wound, she shown and taught me how to wash my wound with water and soap and insisted that I take shower from that day and on, plus walk if possible not with crutches. She led my hand to to wash, apply medicine over it all than massage it, after wound dried I dressed it up and cover it with compression tube mostly by myself......
It was not pretty on my hand, in my head and my heart at all that first day, but I walked out of her office, with the feeling of "I DID IT and I CAN DO IT." Valentin and Didi took me to Rhonda's office that day, they treated me out for lunch before took me back to Bob's home.....only about an hour quiet by myself at home, my inside was bobbling up for no reason....times after nausea and vomitting repeated, I call the nurse's office and ask to see her again. Rhonda took me right in, once Bob got home from work........
Rhonda told me that there was nothing wrong of what I ate, it was only what I saw and touched earlier the day that I thought I have already knew and seen my wound from day one of accident and on......she continue to preach me to accept my wound in my head and my heart wholly and in peace.......she assured me that I was doing great from lots of others who would had passed out when they first seen or touched their wound in real.......whao.......so I am good, still.......
Believe or not, by Rhonda's talk, her assitant Shannon did her part on praise me on my strong spirit of taking care of myself and following Rhond's instruction closely. Therefore, in these three weeks I have gained 7 pounds, walk without crutches and faster everyday......I need to prepare more energy for the seeing Dr. Freidrich in week and a half.......
Last night was the first time I went out to see friends at Valentin and Didi's home for the Chinese Moon Festival - dishes everyone brought, moon cakes, fruits......old friends and new friends........interesting conversations........I was just realized how much I have missed all these good times for the Seattle weekends......the out door activities to jointing with all these guests.....to the mountains and the waters those are so close by from all around the city of Seattle.........
I've better enjoy all when my left leg is ready to joint them, before my village days to come again soon .........Cheng 9/12/2011
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