Week 5 #2 (11/11)

Three days to go. Fell out of a wheelchair today, on my way to basketball courts and leant too far back. Pretty embarrasing, OT had a good laugh. Didn't tickle either-would suck if this happened too you ever week, which it does for many of the young blokes in there. They have to pass an assessment to prove they are road worthy. No joke.
Spent the afternoon in allied health meeting, which was very interesting and also very time consuming. Was really intersting to see how each department was directly affected by what was happening in other departments i.e. if nurses were short staffed then it meant that patients were not taken out of bed on time in the morning which meant they missed their am PT session. Then they would come in the afternoon and the PT department would be chockers and each person would not get the quality and quantity of treatment they require.
Had two young fellas return to the quad centre this week after spending three months in China and India receiving stem cell treatment. Only one of them has attended the PT department so far and from what ive been told and read he has made pretty amazing improvements i.e. he couldnt even SOEOB independently before and now he can. Hes going back for more in March. OT's and PT's are fairly hesitant about supporting the use of stem cell, suppose because its a relatively new treatment option and they dont want to raise people expectations. Very interesting though.