Blog 6
3/12/15
Today me
and my teammate worked with Jessica.
Jessica was very happy to be with us today! After chatting with Dr. MacDonald and
Jessica's parents and aids we decided that it would be a new and exciting
experience to go onto the ice. I have
had a lot of experience with ice hockey but only some experience with sled
hockey so I was excited to give it a shot!
It made me a little nervous at first because I have never transferred
someone into a sled before. The aid and
I worked together to put her in the sled.
This took a few minutes because Jessica was very excited and when she
gets like this her muscles tighten up and it makes it harder to transfer
her. Once we got her in the sled we all
decided that it would be a good idea to have her wear a helmet just in
case. I had my friend Makenzie get a
helmet out of the hockey locker room for Jessica. Once we were all situated we started to
go. At first I pushed her holding onto
the sled at all times. I had Makenzie
put her skates on. Jessica enjoyed
watching Makenzie skate about. My friend
Makenzie had never worked with anyone with a disability before so I could tell
she was a little nervous. After a few
minutes I asked her if she wanted to push the sled. She was hesitant but ended up doing
great. After she was comfortable I went
and put on my skates. We took turns
pushing Jessica. Eventually we would
give her a slight push and let her glide on her own. She was so happy! She was laughing and smiling the whole
time. We put music on the speakers and skated
around listening to country songs. After
our time was up it was time to transfer Jess back into her wheelchair. She did not want to go back into it so she
covered her face up with the jersey we gave her. It was great to see she was having so much fun! All in all this experience was great. I was so happy to see that Jess was having so
much fun. This is something she doesn't
get to do all the time so I was happy to share this experience with her. I also thought it was a great experience for
my friend Makenzie. Working with someone
with a disability was new for her. She
was nervous at first but after a while she was great! I was so happy to see her
and Jessica have a great time.
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