Fun posts to come!

I just wanted everyone to know that I will be taking a trip to San Antonio next weekend! I am very excited, I will drive down Friday night and drive back Sunday. So far, I plan to go to the Alamo, Sea World, walk on the Riverwalk with Toby (yes, he's coming along for the trip), and maybe some other things that pop up. If anyone knows of a "must see" while I'm in San Antonio, please let me know!

Toby in the Morning

Toby is never excited in the mornings when I'm getting ready for work. This morning, he hid in the comforter, so it was just too cute and I had to take pictures. He poked his head out for one picture, and in the other picture, I had been petting him, so he rolled over and it looked like I had tucked him in. He's such a cute puppy!

By the way, one month from today, and I fly back to Charlotte! I'm not sure yet where my next assignment is, but I'm looking to go somewhere in SC (probably Columbia, but I don't know yet). I'll be sure to let everyone know where I will be when I find out!

SouthFork Ranch

Here are a few pictures from SouthFork Ranch where the outside scenes from the tv show Dallas was filmed. Very cool tour and a beautiful day!

Who Shot J.R.?

I went to Southfork Ranch today and got to walk around and tour the building. Here is a picture of the Prop gun used to shoot J.R. Apparently, when the cliff-hanger season ending shot was filmed, they did not have a clue who was the actual person who shot J.R. It wasn't until later that they decided who was going to be the character that shot J.R.

Good News

The good news is that the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend, so I am trying to decide what to do. I'm thinking the Southfork Ranch (where the show Dallas was filmed) or maybe going to Fort Worth to see the Longhorn steer drive through the streets of Fort Worth. Who knows, maybe I'll work in both?

As for an update on me, I'm feeling better for the most part. Obviously, given my job, I'm still sore at work, but it is getting easier. On Saturday, when I was out of work, I felt pretty good...very minimal pain. Needless to say, I'm glad that everything is improving and I'm back to near normal.

Back to work

My doctor cleared me, so I went back to work today to work half a day. While I am not 100%, I am as closed to no pain as I will be for a while. Unfortunately, my pain probably won't go away for a while, so I can either hurt at home or hurt at work. It was a nice welcome back to work, and thankfully, they eased me into patients today. I survived my first 4 hours back, and while I did have some increases in pain, it wasn't too bad. Hopefully, the rest of the week will go as well as today did. I'll just have to keep doing my exercises and know that one day I will be back to my normal self.

No Light Duty

Well, as many of you probably figured, I'm not going back to work today. The unfortunate thing about it is that if my job was outpatient PT or a desk job, I could be back at work today. Sadly, I'm an acute care PT (acute care meaning in the hospital), this means that I have to help all of the sick and weak people get out of bed and help them start walking again to get stronger. I can't return to work until I am at near full capacity, because if I were to go back too soon, I could either hurt myself worse or hurt a patient (by not being able to fully control the situation and losses of balance, and they may fall). I just hate knowing that they need my help at work, and the patients need a healthy PT. I'll just keep doing what I can on my end and doing my back exercises, using the heating pad, and taking my meds. Hopefully, I'll be able to return very soon, but sadly, there is no light duty in acute care PT. I'll just have to take it day by day and hope my doctor was not right that it would take a week for me to return.