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!
