I'm back

It's been a wild two weeks, but I am doing as well as I should be at this point. I had my follow up post op visit on Friday and he said everything looked good. I got my staples out Monday and will continue on with physical therapy.

Now for the good part! NOT!!

Hubby also went in for his post month follow-up and has been having lots of problems with his calf in the leg that had surgery. They ruled out a blood clot and finally admitted him to the hospital on Friday afternoon. After spending the weekend there this is what they have discovered.... He has a hematoma in his calf which was determined by cat scans done this weekend. This is blood pooling outside of the vessels in his calf. They were hoping by elevating it and giving him antibiotics and blood plasma that it would take care of itself but that hasn't happened. So, they did an angiogram and then tried to "drain" it and sent him home today. He's getting around much better and not in near as much pain.

This was my room with the wonderful view.

Under the knife

This posting will appear while I'm in the middle of knee replacement. I've been a very busy bee marking off as much as I could of my list. I'm happy to report that about 3/4 of the list got done. My kids have promised to put up Christmas decor while they are here for Thanksgiving and I have most of my shopping done, but just need to get everything wrapped. I figured wrapping could be done from a reclining position?

Now my biggest worry is what goes on at home while I am away....

I'm sure there will be some bending of the rules....
Some looking for Mommy...

And just general mischief..

So life will go on and I'll go with it...

Knee Surgery

In just 10 short days I will bite the bullet and go under the knife and have my other knee replaced. YIKES!!! After all the ridiculing and wise cracks I've punished my hubby with during his surgery now is going to be payback time.

I know what I face and have no regrets I'm just ready to get it done and get on with life.

What REALLY scares me is that Christmas is just 41 little days away which means I will be laid up during the later of those 41 days so in the next 10 I am trying hard to accomplish the following:

1. Christmas gifts for everyone.



2. Christmas cards done and sent.



3. Cleaning the house from top to bottom.



4. Granddaughter's birthday gift (Dec. 11th)



5. Oldest boy child's birthday gift (Nov. 22nd)



6. Several people's birthday cards sent.



7. Grocery's for a month (including Christmas).



8. House decorated for Christmas. (I may pull kids in on this at Thanksgiving...)



9. Outside lights put up.



10. Clean and wash all vehicles



11. Sell Jeep.



12. Put out pansies.



13. Train temp. employee at work



14. Get all paperwork turned in to HR department



15. Get all preop work done (labs, x-rays, pre-admit)



16. Turn loose of everything involving Thanksgiving to the girls



17. Bath dogs



18. Make a to-do list for hubby.



19. Turn in all paperwork for Aflac from hubby's surgery.



20. Kiss up to hubby for good measure of love during my recovery.
    

Well, if I do two of these a day I'll have them all done by the day of surgery. It doesn't count that at least half of them will take more than a day or two to complete and I've thought of a dozen more things since completing this list.....time will tell and life will go on and I'll go with it whether the list gets done or not.

Wish me well!!

Another new knee

Well, the day has come. Hubby gets his last and final new knee today. Remember the first one? I'm a little anxious as he's not the easiest patient....that's putting it nicely. So today I request you take a moment and remember both of us in prayer.

And don't forget to...

Knee update

The new knee came home on Thursday afternoon and it's been a roller coaster ride the last few days. The first couple of days were good and no real problems. As you can see it doesn't look too bad. OH! and by the way have you ever wondered what the Jolly Green Giant's toes look like?? Well, wonder no more...
No, worries! It's just an anti-bacterial wash they used on his leg before the surgery. Anyway, back to the saga...Saturday after doing some of the daily required exercises the leg began to get stiff and very painful along with major discoloration of the whole area. I called both the surgeon and the nurse at home health care and neither said it was anything to be concerned about. "Only if the knee became the size of a cantaloupe should we be concerned" Mmmmmmmmmmmm, it was the size of a cantaloupe before surgery so what's the next melon up? Watermelon size? ...these photos are of the knee in it's badness. If you have a weak stomach for bruising don't scroll. But it is quite tasty.

Just kidding! No way does his leg look this yummy...That is one fine turkey leg!!

Actually, today everything looks a little better and the stiffness is somewhat better too. Tomorrow the physical therapist will be here along with a visit from a home health nurse. So things are coming around and he should be dancing a jig in no time. (he couldn't before the surgery, so that will be some feat/feet?!)

And in case you haven't guess Roxie and Augie are glad Daddy's home.

They are resting much easier now.