Today was the last day of Phase II Cardiac Rehab. I'll sign up for Phase III on Thursday. I was up a pound in weight today...no doubt from all the eating I did last week during our trip to the capital city. My blood pressure was a low 98/56, though, and my oxygen saturation is still 100%, so I'm in good shape.
This morning's session began with a treadmill stress test. I was asked to walk for six minutes at the highest speed I could tolerate. I walked at 4.1 mph, up from 3.1 when I had a stress test three months ago.
After that, I resumed my regular session of exercise. At the end, the staff brought out a brass gong, which I struck as a symbol of my "graduation" from the class. One of the nurses stuck a gold seal on my t-shirt that reads "Official Seal of Excellence," and there were hugs all around.
Each year, the previous year's "graduates" are invited to a big banquet and awards wing-ding at one of the local colleges. That event happened recently, but of course I wasn't yet eligible to attend. I'll be invited next summer. Hope it's at a time when I'm free to go.
The rest of the morning was pretty relaxed. After lunch, I baked a coffee cake to enter in the fair tomorrow. I've won blue ribbons for this recipe every year that I've submitted it. Hope that will be true this year, too.
At 5 p.m., I went downtown to attend an arts council meeting. There was a lot of business to be dealt with, so I didn't get home until 6:30. By then I was plenty ready for our lasagna supper, since Hubbie and I had only chef's salad and fruit for lunch.
After supper, we gathered flowers and I made three arrangements to take to the fair tomorrow. In the morning, Hubbie and Mother will gather single flowers to put into bud vases for entries.
It's 8:30 p.m. now, and I'm ready to relax in front of TV (which means I'll probably nod off in front of it).
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