Day 260 and it’s the first time I stood up since becoming ill with Guillain Barre Syndrome on August 1, 2019 in Moncton. It’s now April 16th, 2020 and it’s the first time standing up from the wheelchair. It was a good day! My progress continues on.
This morning I ended up being late for Physiotherapy and I didn’t have enough time to get set up and go for a walk. My physiotherapist has been wanting to try standing up against the wall. We didn’t have much time to do anything else so she wanted to try. So we did.
To be honest I didn’t think much of it other then okay let’s try. I thought it was only going to be another fail but to my surprise I sprung right up. I was honestly shocked that had just happened. I’m standing up! It felt good though. I mean this was only like my 7th attempt at standing which I fully expected it to be a fail like every other time. Turns out Day 260 was the day! I stood up 3 times in a row today from the wheelchair. It shows me I’m getting stronger, I’m still healing and my road to recovery is not over. Today it was meant to be that I was late and to be honest I’m glad I was.
Standing Up Today A Success!
Going through Guillain Barre Syndrome you can’t help but to think am I ever going to get better, will the day ever come that I’ll walk or be able to stand up again? These are things that run through your mind. These are things that I sit here and think about at night. All you can do is just keep trying, work hard and never give up. It might have taken me 8 1/2 months to get here but I finally did it today. A day I won’t soon forget.
Walking independently is my next goal ahead in my recovery from Guillain Barre Syndrome. As always one day at a time!