Tag: daily requirement

July 7, 2018

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My dad and Julia came to visit me today. Every Saturday my dad visits me at the Ronald McDonald House, and today he brought Julia, my sister. We went to Redwood City to watch Ant Man & the Wasp. Before the movie I bought a salad. I hate salad, but it’s one of my daily requirements:

  • Exercise at least 10 minutes walking on the treadmill
  • Ride at least 1 hour on the gym bike
  • Walk 10,000 steps (tracked by my Fitbit)
  • Eat a salad or another vegetable dish
  • Drink a protein shake

After we watched Ant Man & the Wasp we decided to drive along Seaport Blvd. We went to Seaport Blvd in Redwood City for Fourth of July (see July 4, 2018). My mom and I didn’t get to explore the boulevard that day, but it seemed pretty cool.

Seaport Blvd is a boulevard along the bay. It loops around, and in the loop are tons of office buildings. They have tons of areas to sit and watch the sea, which is pretty cool. We drove to a nearby private yacht dock to admire the scenery.

When we got back to the Ronald McDonald House we went across the street for dinner at the Stanford Mall. We ate at True Food Kitchen, a restaurant claiming to have “honest” food. The wait was terribly long, and the service was awfully slow.

July 10, 2018

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Today I had my physical therapy appointment.

After transplant, I had to do physical therapy everyday in the hospital. My physical therapy included stretches and walking around the hospital unit three times a day. Exercise was a LOT harder immediately after transplant than before transplant, but I knew that the more exercise I did, the faster I would be out of the hospital. So I walked around the hospital unit three times a day, and then four times a day. Then I walked around the entire hospital and played in their garden. My theory was right because I got out of the hospital about two and a half weeks.

If you remember my daily requirements:

  • Exercise at least 10 minutes walking on the treadmill
  • Ride at least 1 hour on the gym bike
  • Walk 10,000 steps (tracked by my Fitbit)
  • Eat a salad or another vegetable dish
  • Drink a protein shake

Exercising on the treadmill and walking 10,000 steps is part of my physical therapy, but everyday I also stretch with some stretches the physical therapists give me. Sometimes I swim, but I’ll do more of that once I get out of the Ronald McDonald House.