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Upon arriving at Magee around 2pm, nurses, Dr’s, admissions, everyone came in and asked tons of questions. They photographed any skin irritations I had, which included: sores on my back, of both heels, incision, and sore on right side of my balls/thigh. After being unable to clear my bladder on my own they put a catheter back in. For dinner they brought me a Philly cheesesteak and Wawa iced tea. That’s how you know you’re in Philly. My roommate wasn’t there at first but his tv was blasting conspiracy theory programs all evening. Around bedtime my roommate, Joe, came back. Left the tv the way it was ALL night. Because it had been 4 days since my last poop they gave me a suppository at 8 or 8:30pm. Then they made me lay on my side for 2 hours for the first time. So sore, it hurt my legs wicked bad.

When the suppository didn’t work they gave me an enema. Around midnight, barely able to sleep, I broke down. The first time it all hit me that I broke my back, that I may never completely recover or walk. That I was all alone and no one was there to comfort me. I cried for the first time in ages. Scared. Helpless. Uncomfortable from the suppository and enema, from being turned to opposite sides every 2 hours. In so much pain. W/ the tv blasting one bed over. Wrote Jordyn a long email missing her. Worst night yet. Woke up w/ legs in extreme pain. Couldn’t touch or move. PT at 9am w/ Mike. Failed to sit up and failed to get in sling to be transferred out of bed. Wheeled bed into group therapy at 11am and did stretches. During O.T….