May 23rd

After a doctors appointment in Boston this morning, I went back to Hopkinton to stay with my sponsor.  We had time before her class started so we went down to the pool.  She worked with me and her son, Peter, who was rehabbing his back.  After that we went back for the others kids to come at 5:30, and the rain once again forced Laurie to make adjustments.  She is still without her partner, Taylor, but it was not too big of a problem today because it was a smaller group.  One piece of equipment the group worked with today that I hadn't seen much of before was short tubing.  They put small pieces of tubing around their feet and did exercise with either one piece between their two legs, or with one in each leg and the other end of the tubing in their arms, creating tension and forcing resistance.  They did movement with the tubing, but not as much as Laurie would have liked to if they were able to go outside.  Hopefully the weather will improve for Wednesday and they will be able to get back out to the street for the last session I watch.