I guess many of you are now thinking ‘huh?’. But it’s like I’ve written in the title. I went hydro for the first time today ^_^
With hydro I actually mean hydrotherapy. Hydrotherapy is used for relaxing the muscles and building strength, but for me it is actually for learning to swim in the first place. As you may know, I love water but I don’t go in to deep. I always have to feel the ground beneath me.
It wasn’t the first time I went there. I’ve known the instructors from previous visits with Katinka, Sammy and Shunka. It happened that I was with them for a walk and afterwards they had an appointment.
I can tell you I was very excited. I always get delicious cookies for doing nothing, but this time it wasn’t that easy.
When we arrived Jessica took of my collar and was put under a stream of water to get wet. After that I was put on a swimming jacket. The instructor, Christophe, lifted me up and placed my in a spa. I had to keep sitting in it for 5 minutes, but it was getting hotter and hotter and in the end I started howling. But it was no help. I had to keep sitting in it until they said I could go out.
And then was the moment… I had to go in the pool. I was first put on a board and then had to swim my first round. I wasn’t so sure about it and was splashing all around. I even succeeded in making Jessica dripping wet and she wasn’t even in the pool ^_^
But after that round I was calmed down and noticed that I wouldn’t be drowning and started swimming calmly. The one thing I didn’t do was playing with toys in the water. I don’t want to get water in me while swimming. Who knows what will happen!
After all the swimming I was pretty tired, but it wasn’t over yet. I had to go in the spa again to cool down. Figures, for cooling down you’re put back in the same spa that was used to warm up with the hot water. People are strange beings.
But I have to say I enjoyed it a lot and can’t wait for the next appointment ^_^