Holy Skating Rink!

[casil403]

...outside this morning...started to go to FCP but bailed when I saw the ice on the roads! I'm not into breaking any more crowns or suffering any more head injuries if i can avoid it!
Besides, I have an essay on Christopehr Reeve due this week so I guilted myself into going home and working on it which I'm doing now...
Damn priorities!

[Bambi]

if it makes you feel any better I am on my way into the city to get my glasses fixed. I ran into something today and they got all twisted. of course in a small town nothing is open so I have to drive over an hour to get them repaired.

sometime the day you plan and the day you have are very different..

[casil403]

Oh man I hate it when that happens!
Good luck B!

On the bright side of my stuff I am half finished my essay...

[Bambi]

well there's usually a bright side isn't there? whle my glasses were being fixed hubby and I journeyed over to future shop and bought some presents for the kids.

What is the focus of your essay? I've always like Christopher Reeves. His accident was terrible and there has been a lot of controversy about eventing.

[casil403]

What is the focus of your essay? I've always like Christopher Reeves. His accident was terrible and there has been a lot of controversy about eventing.

Why? It was an accident...his horse balked and his hands got caught in the bridle....that's whay he was unable to break his fall.
I didn't realize how bad his injury was...I mean he essentially almost decapitated himself without cutting his head off! I also didn't realize he was misdiagnosed initially as a level A complete C2 SCI either. He was actually a level C.(level A is worst out of a possible A-E grade with E being the best.... A essentially means no function remaining and E means all function retained).

Anyhow enough med' jargon...Here is the assignment...it's for my Rehab disabling conditions class. I learned a lot of stuff about him today I didn't know before and I even managed to finish it. It was 2 pages and a bit but it's not due until Friday so I might tighten it up in places if I can.

Write a short essay (max 2 pages) on Christopher Reeve and his contribution to spinal cord research and recovery. You should cover the topics in each objective of the Spinal Cord Injury Module 11. All references must be properly annotated. Proper spelling and sentence structure is expected.

Total marks = 20
Style:
• Intro – 2 mark
• Body – 2 marks
• Conclusion – 2 marks
• References/footnotes – 2 marks
Content
• Mechanism of injury – 1 mark
• level of injury and any subsequent changes – 1 mark,
• grade of muscle strength – 1 mark,
• complications experienced – 1 marks
• Functional expectations – 1 mark
• Team involved – 1 marks
• Treatment activities – 1marks
• Client goals – 1 marks
• Contribution to spinal cord research and recovery - 4 marks

Okay... you can WAKE UP NOW!!!!!!

[Bambi]

not sleeping here, looks interesting to me!

the controversy is that as the sport develops the jumps are getting more and more dangerous. Which is why horse's balk, fall, get tangled often with bad results for horse and rider. I think there was a drive to make the jumps more and more spectacular.