Howard Falkinburg

I took it maybe my last trip to the Calvin University nature preserve on Sunday. Weather was in the mid 70s, which is remarkable in Michigan. I went to the deck and there was a mother and her two little daughters already there. One of them obsessed about putting anything in the pond. She grounded Continue reading

Sometimes I just wanna have a drink. An adult one. I had a newer staff on Sunday morning. She had done my care once before but she seemed to be in a brain fog today. I have to give her multiple instructions and sometimes it still wasn’t registering. I was becoming more aggravated and it Continue reading

Hi friends. Time to give you some updates. Physical I have developed a few pressure wounds on my bottom, right heel, outside of the right foot and left clavicle. Fortunately, none of these are open wounds and most are healing well. I’m consuming extra protein to help strengthen the skin and the healing process. Intrathecal Continue reading

I’m truly blessed to have fantastic family and friends. Calvin University’s nature preserve is just a seven minute ride from home in my wheelchair. This is a mini escape off-campus place I can spend a couple hours. There is a small man-made pond on campus. And sometimes get disrupted from people walking the campus. My Continue reading

I own both an iPhone and iPad. The iPhone is attached to my wheelchair so the screen is almost always facing me. I do not make/answer phone calls or messages while in therapy unless I’m expecting something important. I have breaks periodically throughout the day and will troll through my phone during these times. I Continue reading

I’ve had a pretty busy Saturday, which is good. I met with the Wolfpack Book club at Schuler’s from 10:30 AM to 12 PM. We reviewed a couple books that we read recently. I took the Go Bus, which is public transportation for people with disabilities. The driver tried to buckle me in the far Continue reading

Throughout my recovery you’re having gotten going episodes of me getting over one problem and then another one develops. It happened again last month. My foot wound on the side of my foot has healed but I now developed a callus on both my heels. The right heel turned into a blister. I was shocked Continue reading

Have you ever been challenged by a four-legged creature? My challenge had been laid out by a four-legged creature that may only weigh up to 6 ounces. I was to come out victorious I’ve had a birdfeeder outside my window for the past few years. I decided to purchase a shepherd hook it was a Continue reading

During the course of my rehabilitation, I have discovered the following apps essential for my emotional, spiritual, and physical needs. I’m not including the obvious apps such as phone, Mail, Messages, etc. All but one of these are Apps not included move to sentence scratch it with the purchase of a phone. I have an Continue reading

Every person with an SCI lives through the trepidation that their health can turn on a dime. You can be feeling fine one moment then in the next, you’re having an autonomic dysreflexia episode due to a wrinkle in your clothing. On the 30th I woke up sluggish. I don’t do cartwheels out of bed Continue reading