6 months have passed, a terrifying autumn

Half a year or 6 months have gone since the the night my summer world disappeared and I was in coma for the next two weeks undergoing surgeries day after day to fight the horrible bacterial infection Necrotizing Fasciitis.
I have covered my rehabilitation in previous blogposts so no repetition here, but this poster from the FaceBook site I Support Nurses should be rewritten; "Every patient have many nurses that they can thank for being alive". At least I have several nurses that I during my 19 weeks stay in two hospitals will never forget. Thank you all.

Relocation finished

 Today the last load of old furniture left our home for the last 30 years in a horse wagon. We have tried to sell some of the furniture through the Norwegian Finn.no market, but the interest for our inventory showed up to be Zero if we wanted money for the antique buffet, piano or bedroom items.
The consequence was then to give it away for free if the new owners could take costs to remove them. Then the interest exploded, and we saved lots of money not having to pay for removal.

Our new home is located even closer to the city centre and we have been relocated to our great satisfaction. Our urban lifestyle can continue. The apartment is only half the size of our old one and therefor no need for the old furniture. The address is still my Email if anybody want to be in touch.

Carine´s Blog

One of the nicest persons I met during my stay at Sunnaas was Carine. Her story can best be told by herself, and her blog PLUTSELIGRULLESTOL can give you an insight to the tremendous change it is for many young people that lives a "normal" life when they wake up in the morning and some hours later have all plans turned upside down. She uses Norwegian text, but I have tried to translate some of her own reflections about 2013 and from the accident on June 2013:

Although I could dance till dawn the night had to end. I was going to meet a student mate the day after to practice oral examination. I was not ready to quit dancing, so I danced down the stairs from the third floor. In bliss and with some vine, it ended terrifying, I stumbled. A small mistake and suddenly life was turned upside down, both figuratively and literally. I tripped over in the staircase and took me to the window on the landing. The window looked closed, but it had just blown again. Thus, the window went up and I plunged into the summer night from 6-7 meter above the ground.

and

2013 was suddenly not as I had imagined. Admittedly, I completed my education to Master. I did take an oral examination on Sunnaas. I was also married. The wedding was not near what I had planned, but it was an unbelievable nice day and the most important thing is that I got MY man. We did not go to Chicago, but Sunnaas. Today I am not on a beach in Thailand, but with my husband and new apartment Loren. I am rolling instead of walking.

If you want, and I recommend you to do so, go into her blog PLUTSELIGRULLESTOL and participate in her rehabilitation at Sunnaas.

Happy New Year 2014

 On the last day of 2013, Tullen and I wish you all a Happy 2014. The Annus Horribilis 2013 is soon over and against all odds I am alive and recovering. Tullen and I will go on to make 2014 a happy and wonderful year with all "normal" activities.

What you can imagine from an abstracted painting

In a few days the great Norwegian artist and painter Thore Heramb can celebrate his 97th birthday (born Dec. 29th 1916). His works of colorful abstract landscapes are well known, but is it possible that some of these paintings also cover something else?
Let your imagination run wild. This is a landscape called "Autumn" made in 1981.

However, if you look closer and want to see something else, is it possible a conversation by two animals/dogs? The young learning from the old?

Abstracted paintings and beautiful colors can hide many treasures.

Happy birthday Edvard Munch

Today it is 150 years since our most famous Norwegian, the painter Edvard Munch, was born.
At his 70th birthday the King of Norway, Haakon 7, sent this telegram to Munch:

"On the occasion of the birthday I send to you my best wishes and a thank for what you through your art has helped to make known the name of Norway. Haakon R"

 I have for many years made my imitations of Munch´s most famous paintings. Some would say that copying famous art is plagiarism, but most of the artists in the history have developed their own competence by copying or "stealing" the best of the Best.

If going back through my 1838 blogposts since early 2005, you will find many versions of my Munch imitations. Here on his 150th birthday I will give you the last of my Munch works without further comments.
I hope you will at least like some of them: (click on the images to extend the photos)

Christmas is coming closer

Second Sunday in Advent.

Last painting goes to the crew at RMM Team 1

My last painting, Turquoise, ended up as a gift to the Healing-post at RMM Sunnaas Team 1.
In ten weeks they have taking care of me together with the physic team and the ergo team rebuilding my strength, functionality and health.

The receiver on the photo is Nurse Ingvild, who together with nurs Marianne have had coordinating responsibility for my healing. On the photo below Ingvild is performing the last inspection of my leg wounds before I could go home for a weekend break from the hospital. On Monday I an discharged.

Finding my iPhone

I have not lost my iPhone. This blogpost is only published as an recommendation.
But the App Find my iPhone is a real helping tool if one ore more of your computer devices are missing.
You need to sign in to iCloud, but maybe that will help you if your devices are lost or stolen.
Click on Find my iPhone link and learn more.

Both my iPhone and MacBook Air are still at Sunnaas.

Today´s sharing

 The long stay in Norwegian hospitals is close to an end. One of my favorite FaceBook sites is I support nurses and today´s pamphlet tells everything about why I am still walking around on earth. I am not even above the clouds (and will probably not end there either, but the value of the job nurses have given me last 4 months (and earlier on too) make this image a truth.

Another truth and may be closer to the sky is the market value of the Norwegian oil Fund. Every Norwegian citizen has around 1.000.000 nok in the  fund. Take good care of the money for the generations to come, but investments in Norwegian infrastructure and health-care can be improved.

Anne-Marthe got the Pink version

As well in nursing, ergogenic and physiotherapy students are an necessary support to the ordinary staff at Sunnaas. The training and practical work they are doing are important to enhance the competence in the Norwegian Healthcare and Rehabilitation.
My trainer in physiotherapy through the last eight weeks, Anne-Marthe, has been an important factor to move from wheelchair to own frets when moving around. Therefore she got the Pink painting.

According to schedule I will leave Sunnaas within 10 days. Now I have to make the finishing touches on the Turquoise and find out the address for this painting.

Tourquise

Trying to finish my third painting "Tourquise" before one of my patient-friends ; Kissinger, went home from Sunnaas, and almost made it. He decides though to have the Yellow painting.

That is ok as long as he likes that best and will have it in his living room back in Lillehammer. The big question is what will happen to the other two before I leave here mid December.

Lunch-group making Chicken Curry

Under the leadership of our "patient-colleague" Omish Kumar from Delhi, India this Tuesday meal in the Lunch-group (ergogenic) was an original Chicken Curry. The group members are in different rehabilitation processes but training of kitchen activities suit almost everyone

 The Curry was perfect but I believe that some of us had accepted it even more spicy.

The Indian rise was also tasty, but next time we would like to add Nan-bread to the meal.

Sunset

For me, reciding for the time being on the western coastline of Nesodden, the sunrise is difficult to catch by camera. The sunset is easier and today at 3.40 pm the sky looked like this.
I am simultaneously working with a painting where the sky is Turquoise (remember the previously Yellow and Pink sky), and looking at this image you see that all these colors appear on the evening sky. The heaven is blue perhaps, but the sky is a beautiful mix of different colors. Select your own and start painting.

Saturday physio exercise

 Although it is Saturday and a quiet day in the corridors at the hospital, the physio-room is open for self-training.
Warming up on a bike for half an hour and making the distance of almost 6 km is a perfect start for leg press and leg curling, and some other muscle strengthening exercises.
Discipline is important in the rehabilitation process, and staying at the hospital instead of having free time at home, require these kind of activities.

Keeping yesterday promise

As promised in yesterday blogpost I finished the second painting in this series today.
If inspired I may work out a third during next this weekend and the coming days at Sunnaas.

Fun with colors

I believe I have made various versions of this theme (strange houses with nice colors in silent landscapes), but this painting (Acrylic on canvas 50x70) made here at Sunnaas, have resulted in nice feedback from other patients, employees and the art teachers.
Another painting in same series will be finished before the weekend.
Any market out there?

Happy birthday from doctors and nurses

When 66 you can "do as you will", says the text in the song, but still these persons have the mayor part of my decision process in their hands and heads.
Within two more weeks my wounds have to be healed and my muscles have to be stronger before the discharge date will be set. The crew at Sunnaas are doing their best to help me in this process. Today they made a great contribution when singing the birthday song in my rom. Thanks.

Evening update:

The afternoon / evening Team 1 staff entered my room with more congratulations and birthday song.

Hopefully the night crew will let me sleep when they enter their job close to midnight. But once again: Thanks to all greetings and good wishes from you all.

Another painting from ergo therapeutic activity

I know I have presented some versions of this painting on FaceBook, but today I finished the work and can present the final version in my blog.
An interesting process is behind it where the teacher (she is an artist) gave me some ideas of how to create my own color scale based on only the three basics (Red, Blue and Yellow) together with Burnt Umber and White.
Depending on a target meeting tomorrow and probably a more specific end date for the Sunnaas stay, the work with another painting will be started.

A small victory is also a victory

Celebrating the victory in one match against the team of employees at Sunnaas.
Hee a photo from the local newspaper "Amta" together with member of the National Team´s "Olav Hansson (born 23 July 1957) is a Norwegian ski jumper from Vestre Aker in Oslo who competed from 1982 to 1987. At the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, he won a gold medal in the team large hill and a silver medal in the individual large hill", and Odd Leif (on my team) during the tournament.

The complete article (in Norwegian) can be read here by clicking on the image: