Tuesday, June 8

It was definitely a day of highs and lows. I was pretty psyched this morning when I received the daily schedule and found that the PT sessions were all between 30-60 minutes after taking the percocet. The first session went pretty good, and while the left leg is still being stubborn, the overall pain following the session seemed better. The muscles were definitely fatigued, but I wasn't in pain.

So far so good, and shortly after finishing PT, my friend Diane arrived for the day. Paul had a meeting in Joisey and drove an extra 4 hours today so Diane could be with me. Do I have incredible friends or what?!

Diane went to Occupational Therapy with me and observed that she was getting tired just watching me struggle! Diane brought her camera today because she knew I'd want to scrapbook this experience. About 30 minutes into it, I was just beat, the left !@0$!~@# knee hurt, and the meds were done. After lunch it took the meds quite some time to kick in so on went the headphones with the towel over my head. Ok, just like a baby or child who covers their head when they've done something wrong, I know that anyone could actually see me sitting in that wheelchair with a towel over my head. Of course I do. But, if you can't see my tears then I'm not officially crying.

Round 2 of PT started off rough but ended up marginally okay. Diane said I was barely lifting the left leg at the beginning of the exercise and it was looking much improved by the end.

Brent came in this evening and we had a little engineering/project meeting with the case manager. LOL! The CM had answers for everything which makes Brent feel better and at least somewhat more organized because he's armed with an updated list. Lists are very important in both Brent's professional and personal life. Ok, I am making fun of him, but this is one of those times where I appreciate it.

The most important outcome of that meeting is that I may be here until Saturday. Five days for bilateral replacemens is light, but initially it's all the insurance companies will approve until they see how things are progressing.

I have mixed feelings about this. First it would indicate that I'm not doing as well as I thought. I sure wouldn't want to go home if everything wasn"t great though. Like I said it was a day of highs and lows....and something in between...I think.