Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers reading this blog today. The photo of the amaryllis is one of several red ones blooming in our front flower bed right now.As a special tribute to my mother, I'm attaching a little video fresh off the camera. As most of you know, I had a complicated total knee replacement on March 24. Complications were the result of a fractured tibia 8 1/2 years ago, the removal of some of the screws from that 2001 surgery and the removal of part of the plate that came in contact with the new knee. The second photo was taken two weeks ago at my first post-surgery doctor's appointment. Rehab is slow and until this past Friday, I still walked the way I did the past 8 1/2 years with my right knee coming close to my left knee and my right leg hitting the ground at about a 10 degree angle. I had a revelation this past Friday night, however, when I realized that my new knee could "pop" out to the right and my leg could hit the ground much straighter. Now, I'm working on getting more comfortable with this new straight walk. I had in-home therapy for four weeks, then daily out-patient 2-hour therapy sessions for the past two weeks, and tomorrow I begin four weeks of 2-hour therapy sessions three times a week. Hopefully, in another couple weeks, I relinquish my death grip on the cane. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts, prayers, get well cards and gifts. Hope to see you all soon without the cane!
Get down with your bad self! Very nice. You are lookin' good. Guess you really understand the phrase taking it one step at a time. Great job! P.S. Just seeing the scar made my belly do a little flip. Oh that really must have hurt.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will pick up speed and comfort as you trust the new knee more and more. I can't believe you can't see how great you are doing.
ReplyDeletePretty good Mother's Day gift since Mom has been worried about you. But we can all see from the video that you are doing great, walking much better than you were and well on the road to a pretty good recovery from a major surgery situation. Keep up the good work and I'm sure your improvement will continue. Maybe I'll sign us up for a 5-k fun run when you're up here.........better idea - let's just walk around the casino and the tree farm.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!!!! I cried when I saw this video. I don't think you are giving yourself enough credit. You got the thing licked.
ReplyDeleteFantastic!! You're coming along great. Bo Jackson has nothing on you. Nice to see you walking so well. Hard to believe a few months after surgery you're walking better than you have for 8 1/2 years! Keep up the good work. We look forward to seeing you in a few months (sans cane).
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