I have delayed today’s video until tomorrow because I wanted..
🕑 Added 2021-10-13 19:24:42 +0000 UTC
I have delayed today’s video until tomorrow because I wanted to share a quick update!
So even though today is only, technically, day three, I was able to take a couple of steps already. Well, literally, two.
I’ll explain a little bit about what happens when I try and walk: Basically, once I’m in a standing position, which is achieved by my boyfriend lifting me into position, I can’t just get on my own. I will try and move my feet to walk. Now, imagine, you are taking a step. You attempt to lift the leg move it forward and place it down again. But it is not that simple because the rest of your body needs to also change position to follow the leg . When I am standing there and I am unable to take a step it is a strange sensation, but, it is like I am trying to move and I am pulling and pulling and it just won’t budge. Like my leg is weighed down and I cannot move it even a little bit. When I do lift it I do also often suffer from a thing called footdrop, which means my foot hangs down rather than lifting up, but at the moment I am unable to get any lift at all.
So today when I tried I was able to take a step with both my left and right foot but only one step each. After that they absolutely refused. But it’s a start!
