Robert Denesiuk: Relearning to Walk, Second Shot in Hospital

Day 4 · 7:08:47 · Robert Denesiuk · Myriam Bohémier

• 🏋️ Weight fell 190→130 lb; trainer Paula refused to let hospital staff give up on him.
• 🚶 He progressed wheelchair to walker over 6.5 months and now walks some days, still needs care-aide for socks.
• 💉 Hospital gave a second dose without consent or risk disclosure while he was paralyzed.

Grueling rehab succeeded despite staff pessimism; second dose given covertly in hospital.

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Transcript

Robert Denesiuk · 7:08:47

Well, um, in that time period, I had to relearn how to stand up. I had to get, um, use the wheelchair. And then from the wheelchair, and when I went to Nanaimo in physiotherapy, I had to learn how to use the walker. And it was— it enhanced my prayer life. I could tell you that, like, because You know, I just, uh, um, I went in that time period, I went from 190 pounds to 130 pounds. I had to— I, uh, I, I was weak and, uh, I had to gain weight. And, um, I had friends, family, and preachers come down there, and basically everybody thought I was going to be dead.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:09:53

And And it's, you know, it's just with the grace of God that I'm not, you know. And it's just, yeah, I had a personal trainer that giving up was not an answer. The people in the hospital gave up on me, but she wouldn't. She pushed. Yeah.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:10:30

What do you mean the people in the hospital gave up on you?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:10:34

Um, yeah, they're in St. Thomas Regional Hospital. They said that I didn't belong to go there, but Paula wouldn't take that as an answer. She said, he's gone. And she kept you going even when it was tough times to go into, like, you know, when it was tough road to get back on your feet. She wouldn't take no as an answer, and she kept to go, uh, and like, sure, she sort of was like a sergeant major, right?

Myriam Bohémier · 7:11:26

Can you, can you tell us about how tough it was?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:11:30

It was, uh, um, it was like they had— they were rebuilding the hospital at the time, and they had a whole bunch of things in the hallway, and there's people in wheelchairs whizzing by, and I felt unstable on my feet on the walker, and it was, uh, I was afraid of falling. Like, it was, it was, uh, it wasn't an easy road.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:12:01

When, when people were thinking that you were going to die, were you afraid?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:12:07

No, no, I had faith in Jesus I, um, you know, I just, uh, I've been through a lot in different times, like, uh, near-death experiences, and he's always there.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:12:26

He is always there. So you had to, you had to first learn to be able to stand. And what was the name of this lady that wouldn't give up on you again? Paula. Paula.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:12:41

I'm not sure her last name.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:12:42

Yeah, but Paula, you were gonna stand. She wasn't going to take no for an answer, right? No. And then you were gonna get in that wheelchair. Yeah. And then you were going to learn to use the walker. And that took 6 and a half months.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:13:06

Yeah. And it, uh, it went, uh, yeah, I just, uh, I lost a ton of weight, then I gained it back gradually in that time period.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:13:23

Now you've done really well since then. Yeah. Yeah, so because you, um, you're, you're walking a bit on your own, like you have days where you have to use a walker, but you have days where you're okay without a walker. Yeah. So, um, sometimes you fall and you need to go back to hospital, but you're doing better, right?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:13:46

Like, yeah, I, I think I've been between 4 and 6 months without going back to the hospital.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:13:55

And you are back at work a little bit now, right? Yeah.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:13:59

Uh, I was starting to kind of wobble my legs, so I took a little time off, but I'm hoping to get back soon.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:14:10

Yeah. And you can't work as much, but you're working a couple hours a week in it. Yeah. And you need a bar on the wall now for showering. Yeah. And you, you know, you couldn't crawl in or out of a bathtub, but the real issue for you is getting dressed, like doing things like putting socks on, right? Yeah.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:14:32

I have a care aide that comes in the morning and at night to give me pills because sometimes I shake. And yeah, so I was just, I So, but other than that, sometimes, like, there was times I think, well, the last 2 years I've been working at the Salvation Army at the kettles when kettle season is on.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:15:02

Right, in the Christmas season when it's kettle time, you do the kettles.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:15:07

I sit on the walker and ring the kettle, the bells, and right.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:15:11

Great. Now you're not able to put socks on, right? That's the big challenge. Yeah, it is.

Robert Denesiuk · 7:15:18

Well, uh, um, I, I could if I put my foot on the chair and hopefully not fall once, right, with balance. But, uh, I don't usually push it too far, but I did do it when I first came and wanted breakfast.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:15:38

Right. And that— it— that's why you have a care aide come in. It's largely to get you dressed. Yeah. Okay. But, um, now when you were in the hospital, so you, you can't walk, you're, you're hospitalized. Without telling you, they gave you a second shot, right?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:15:57

Yeah. Well, they didn't tell me what the dangers were, you know. They just the, you know, they didn't really tell me any of the dangers with the vaccine until I— a friend of mine told me all the, uh, um, deaths and everything that happened. But they said don't get another one.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:16:20

So yeah, so you didn't want one, but they gave it to you without telling you?

Robert Denesiuk · 7:16:26

Yeah, I didn't know what the dangers were.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:16:29

When I had the second one.