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Brain Go BOOM! Author/Survivor: John Cooper about it.” I asked her if I could have just a few minutes by myself with the warm water hitting my body. She agreed and closed the curtain. With my head hanging low, I cried to myself and thought, What has brought me here? Why had this happened to me? I wished that I had just died. A few minutes passed and she made the fake knock-knock sound on the curtain. She soaped me up, rinsed me down and dried me off. I was rolled back to my room and hoisted back into bed. I couldn’t believe that a simple shower would bear such an impact on me. I know it wasn’t just the shower. A part of me actually wanted to throw in the towel as I continued asking myself, What has brought me here? and Why did this happen to me? As I lay in bed, I stared at my schedule for the following day. I was filled with anger, rage and more disbelief. What has brought me here? The seedlings of depression were no longer mere seedlings; they were insidiously starting their next phase. Page 46 of 167
Brain Go BOOM! Author/Survivor: John Cooper Chapter 19: Walking and Putting Pieces of the Puzzle Back Together A fter a week of the daily, rigorous physical therapy, I finally stood on my own two feet without the assistance of others. I further progressed to not using a walker or the handrail in the hallway. I was really chugging along and exceeding the doctors’ and therapists’ expectations, as well as my own. Every night in rehab, I continued my Rocky routine, as started in Hospital J. I would push myself ten times harder than the previous day, determined not to give up! Although, the additional exercises made me extremely physically and emotionally drained, they also made me stronger. I was making my come back! 1 st day of standing and walking without assistance One particular day, physical and occupational therapy combined my daily tasks at a therapy session. I was directed to walk down the steps, go to the gift store, buy some mints and a drink, and then bring back the correct change. I made the journey with my legs but somehow I came back with the wrong drink, the wrong mints and the wrong change. I went up an extra flight of steps because I couldn’t remember which floor I was on. It had massively stressed me out. Yo dummy, how could you forget which floor you left from? Hell, at least I walked it, but I was scared. Was I going to be walking aimlessly around like this in life? Looking back, that was an excellent day, but I was emotionally, cognitively and physically drained. I beat myself up for getting the wrong drink, mints and change and for going to the wrong floor, but I was proud that I walked the steps by myself. I still don’t know how I received the wrong change, but it recently dawned on me that it was probably because I purchased a different name brand of drink and mints. I was one step closer to getting out of there! Later that day, my parents came to sit with me through one of my therapy sessions. The occupational therapist tasked me with the activity of copying, sorting, and stapling a stack of papers. I could tell that it was something she needed for her job. She was multi-tasking at my expense during the therapy session. I had a brain injury, but wasn’t totally clueless. Page 47 of 167
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