CLEO is finding herself very tired these days. Now, i have thought very carefully about this, and have drawn some conclusions based on perhaps a little science, and some common sense logical thought too. More of that later.
Her sleeping patterns never were very good, and now they are even more odd. Because she sleeps from early in the evening, after hitting the "wall" (as I have mentioned previously) that causes her to wake early, sometimes 5am like today, which then creates a need to sleep earlier in the day, and so on. A self-perpetuating circle. So on days like today, when she had a very tiring session with James the physiotherapist that adds to the fatigue.
In physio James spent time looking at knee and hip mobility, and worked cleo really hard. He was trying to see to what degree she could do relatively complicated tasks, like control of leg and knee, on a gym ball, and at what point her hand would tighten up, because that is a measure of the ability she has to perform those tasks. According to him she did exceptionally well, although as he made the exercises harder and harder her hand and fingers did become tight, and closed up. What he did say though is that the control is there, and it's coming back, bit by bit.
Suddenly her foot moved, and it was not involuntarily either. James had asked her to move it, and it moved. Smiles all round, because that was a first. I sat there, watching, pleased as punch. Oh God, I hope the home physio is as good as this guy (no chance!), because I am not going to let someone else without the obvious expertise and knowledge that James has, spoil all his hard work. I think he was genuinely pleased too, to see that response from her foot. Another obstacle overcome in the Road to Recovery.
As I mentioned earlier, this hard work allied to the daily activity cleo is doing now makes her tired. I believe that the tiredness is caused to some extent not just through physical activity but by the body's natural repair systems working so hard to make her well again. If that means that for some weeks or months she is tired all the time, but her rehabilitation is speeded up, then i take the tired every time.
I all things there has to be a trade-off and the tiredness is the price that cleo must pay for the fact that her recovery is moving at a good pace. She is a naturally impatient person and i know that she is frustrated with still not being able to do certain things, but having said that i am also convinced that her common sense will tell her that she must give her body every chance to recover, and if sleeping extra hours, and feeling tired is that answer then so be it.
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