february 6, 2011

okay, so it's been a while,... but a lot of stuff has happened.  my mom got out of rehab too early, she had her hip done  Jan 7, and went to rehab facility for a week and a half, and then she came home against doctors wishes.  so she was home, and were exercising and icing and stuff and then on feb 3rd she fell while i was in the shower.  hurt her knee a bit and couldn't put weight on the left knee.  so she had to get that checked out and then realized she came out of rehab too early and went back.  she is doing good, and hopefully she will be home soon and can function.

meanwhile i go back in march 3, for my right hip.  prayers are welcome, and i think it will all be fine.  my plan... salsa by july! :-)

January 16, 2011

Well, sadya is gone to toronto, and gammie is in the rehab center after her surgery, which was on the 7th. she is doing, i guess, as well as any 88 year old would be doing who has been in constant pain for the last 5 years and who was unable to walk toward the end of the wait.  she just doesn't want to do the physio. she finally got a physio therapist that she likes so she is finally doing the exercises. nikki, comes everyday, and warren and blair alternate during the evening.  i call about three times a day.
Meanwhile, i can do steps now, and walk unassisted totally.  still using the handicapped sticker cause the hip gets tired after a trip to the grocery store.  gotta see the football game, so more, hopefully, tomorrow.

January 2, 2011

well, new year.  christmas was very quiet cause none of the kids could come home.  sadya is soooo popular now that she's leaving it will be a wonder if she gets packed in time to go!  gammie had a couple of really bad weeks where jr was picking her up every night... she was on some pain medication that made her loopy as hell and she couldn't function.  talked to maria about it and we took her off everything.  just motrin and tylenol.  she is much better but i have to take her to the bathroom which is wrecking my nights!  warren brought over a baby monitor and that is making it easier.  her surgery is friday and neither one of us can wait.  i am hoping she is a lot better when she comes home and can get her self to the bathroom. 

Today marks 2 months from my surgery, and all is going well.  doctor said i can drive and i can break the 90 degree angle, so that is good.  it of course snowed when i went for my checkup but i made it.   the doctor sent a note to physio for them to start range of motion exercises, but they haven't yet, so i went on the internet and got 4 exercises that i am now incorporating into my exercises.   i have kamau  trying to find me a small tens machine and with that i can eliminate physio for the most part. 

sadya leaves teusday and gammie has her surgery on friday.  it will be a very strange break, and will be strange for a while.  we'll have to get sadya a webcam so we can skype on a regular basis.

 more later...

DECEMBER 20, 2010

i know, it's been a while.   been busy, had a snow storm last week, and didn't make to physio at all.  instead i did it at home and went up and down the basement stairs a few times a day.  14 steps.  thought i was doing good, but found out today when i went back to physio that i should have done the stairs, maybe twice  a day, not 3 or 4 times... and i wondered why i was sore last week!  i fell over the dog, today, and for once, it was not his fault!  i knew where he was, had walked past him already this morning, and  on the way this time, i looked out the window to see if the recycle bins were out there, and completely forgot that he was in the same place he had been in for hours!  tripped up, of course it was the bad leg ( the one not yet replaced) and couldn't lift it over him and fell with a serious thud!  at least i thought it was a serious thud, but neither gammie nor sadya woke up!  luckily i was able to fall on my right side, and it took me at least 15 minutes to gather myself and get up off the floor.  after apologizing to monster (the dog) i went on about my business. 

i did mention it at physio, and was told that i should really feel it in the morning... great! i go for my check-up with the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning.  i was planning on driving myself until i heard that we are supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow in the early morning hours.  I'm hoping Jr can drive me, but he will probably have to work... anyway,  i' hoping to get the okay to drive and maybe break the 90 degree angle (which i have to do every day to put some socks on) on a regular basis... i also want to establish the date of the other hip surgery and stuff like that.  anyway, i have to be there at 8:10 am, so that combined with the eclipse, = little to no sleep!  but that's alright... i still have 2 weeks with sadya home, so I'll just nap a little! HA!  and put the turkey breasts and legs in the crock pot and dinner will be done!  more later,

oh yeah, me

so okay, i'm doint great, by the way, but i have this stinging along the incision....and it is very random!  anytime i get comfortable i get this stinging that feels like bees stinging me and it stops when it wants to!  physio therapist tells me that is the nerves meshing together and it should be over soon!  other than that, it's great! more later...

stuff

okay, so i haven't been here in a little while.  what you've missed is sadya getting into baking school in toronto beginning January 6.... and gammies surgery getting postponed cause the doctor got sick!  the depression was heavy!  and i don't just mean gammies..... when they called to cancel, i started to ask... "Don't you have a substitute?"  only cause i wanted a slight break! anyway, then we thought it was december 17, cause that was on of the open dates in the beginning, but sickness backed everything up, and now the surgery is on janary 7th!  at least she has some pain medication so she is in better spirits...now the problem will be that warren is scheduled to be out of town the first of the year and so is blair!  i can't do it, i will have just been cleared to drive, let alone handle a wheelchair and assist her into and out of the car!    i'm  sure we'll work it out, but i don't have too much sympathy when i haven't had a vacation since 2007!  let's hope for the best!

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Okay, the stockings are off, and i DO NOT miss them at all! it has turned cold and windy, and Gammies surgery is tomorrow at the DMC.  i'm helping her pack her little bag, and i'll get back to you tomorrow!