She met a lady there that turned out to be friends with one of my early-days physiotherapists - Sandra. Sandra handled my physio case for the first couple of weeks in the big house, until I had a relapse and spent some extra time on the 2nd floor of Eagle Ridge Hospital.
When I came back down to the rehab wing, I was fortunate enough to have Ruth - the most senior person there, and the one with the most experience rehabilitating stroke victims. I remember her saying to me "if you stay in the wheelchair a bit longer than most, I'll get you straight from there to walking - no cane, no walker". She did what she said, and I used a cane for a total of about 10 minutes during my entire adventure.
We knew that she had gotten sick sometime shortly after I was released, but heard nothing afterwards.
Laura found out this week that Ruth died of cancer.
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| Ruth and Me - showing me how to do stairs again |
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