Swim Time

Four Seasons Beaumont has a great indoor pool. This morning Michael decided he wanted to go swimming there. With some trepidation (just by me...he was quite confident) we donned our swimsuits, got in the car and headed on up to the Summit pool. They have a handicap pool lift there, so I knew we would be able to get in without much of a problem, but did not know what to expect from there.

The attendant at the clubhouse was so helpful. She assisted us in getting M in the lift and into the water. From there we walked around the perimeter of the pool and exercised those legs. M DID GREAT! We walked and floated around for nearly one hour! It started out as a scary experience that ended up being great therapy for him. We will definitely add that to our "day off" routine.

So what do you do after spending an hour in the pool? Take a nap, you say? NO. When we got home M wanted to go to the clubhouse up the street from us and do his 30 minutes on the recumbent bike and our light dumbbell routine.

After that we came home and had lunch, went on a walk around the neighborhood and then finally came home so he could take a nice nap. This guy tired me out today!

Not a bad way to spend the day, the 2 month anniversary since the Thrombectomy. With this type of determination, we will beat this!!

Tomorrow we have a therapy day and I'm super excited to share with them our swimming experience.



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