Surgery Update . . .

Thanks so much for thinking of me everyone. I just actually thought I would try to get under my desk. I can see this will be a short lived experience until I can lose this leg brace. Doesn't feel real good but thought an update was needed.

Surgery went well and wasn't as long as expected which is good. He did the reconstruction of my ACL and the cartilage turned out to be in good shape so there was no need to repair it. I did however have a chipped bone which he fixed and smoothed out. The doctor took pictures and showed them to my DH while I was in recovery. I do have a few questions about the photos so they will be venturing to the doctor with me. The after surgery care instructions are a bit muttled but I intend to clear that up as well when I see the doctor on the 1st. I start physical therapy on Wednesday though I have to remain in this brace until my appointment with the doctor. I think a bunch of the pain comes from the leg being held straight with no bending.

The pain has been horrendous but manageable. The entire leg has been in pain since the surgery but it is getting better. Missing a pain medication dose on accident, I found, was a very bad idea. The incisions do look good though and that is a good sign. Though they really aren't incisions but I have been glued back together. Wonder if he scraps ??? There is still some swelling but no infection that I can see. I have some numbness around and below the knee but I am hoping that will go away soon. I just started using my cane today and put the crutches off to the side for the final time I hope. Not sure I am ready for therapy as I have heard some bad things about it. I did tell my DH I was not afraid to smack a man if needed. That meaning I refuse to let them put me in too much pain as I have had enough of that for a while.

That is about all I can stand for now. Not sure when I will be back on to post but I will be back when I can stand it under my desk.

Just Have To Share

The grandkids came over Sunday with their mother to share father's day with their Grandfather/Dad. It was so much fun to share some time with them all. Miranda baked a cake and some yummy italian dish. Tristan played with Grandpa and they took turns in the recliner. You know...Move your feet lose your seat. It was so funny, Tristan was trying to lure his grandpa out of the chair so he could steal it.

Avri is getting so big and of course cuter by the minute. Grandpa got her first since I was busy with the camera. She just loves him to death and talks to him when he talks to her. He even had her laughing and I managed a few good photos.

You see Avriana is sitting with Mommy on the left and looks tired. This was just after they arrived and just before Grandpa got to hold her. On the right she is laughing at her Grandpa because he said something funny.

This picture of Tristan is after one of the recliner battles.

He needed to get a drink to continue.

Grandpa has the right words to make you laugh it seems.

She is talking to him here and this is just before he had her laughing.

I think I am ready

They called me today to give me my surgery time. I will need to be at the hospital by 6 am and surgery will be at 7:30 am. If all goes right I should be home by noon. I am ready to get on with the healing but I am always amprehensive about surgery. The thought of everything I suppose always weighs heavy on me for some reason. I know it will be alright, I just need to get past the first few steps.

I think I will try to do a layout tonight. It will be the last one for a while as I won't be able to get to my computer. Sure hope they get something better on the tv's during the day. I suppose I could record some more shows at night to have something during the day to watch.

Only Two More Days

Two more days until my surgery, well tomorrow then in the am on Wednesday. I suppose I am ready but still a bit nervous just the same. I did a bit of research today on the ACL. This site here explains it pretty well. Anterior cruciate ligament repair It's interesting to know that women are 2 - 8 times more likely to have an ACL tear than men because of how we are made. Go figure. I can't remember what he called the other tear, I just know it's the cartilage in my knee. Wonder if he will need to do that first and then the ACL ? Supposed to ba about 2 hours for the surgery, 1 hour in recovery and then 1 more hour in a room. Then if all goes well I will be home. I don't know how long it will be before I can get on the computer again and I have loaned out my laptop for a bit. So I suppose it will be a lot of movies and HGTV shows along with of course TrueTV (CourtTV). The cabin fever will set in again I am sure of it as it's right on the edge now.

One More Layout Finished

Since I couldn't sleep I did a layout for the sketch challenge I posted at SAF. Just thought I would share it with all of you. Now off I go to try to get some rest through the pain. I hear the weather warning going off. Looks like we are in for some more storms today. High winds up to 60 mile per hour with hail and heavy rain.

Another Sleepless Night

I am so hoping that this upcoming surgery will help the pain go away eventually. I have been in pain since May 26th and to tell you the truth I have had enough. So here I sit with another sleepless night because the pain won't go away. I have taken my pain pill and am still waiting for relief. I think it became more pronounced once all of the swelling went away. At least that is when I began noticing it more.

Since I am up, I wonder if I can manage a layout or two. I just posted a couple more challenges trying to get SAF moving a little bit. The ladies aren't very chatty yet. I sure miss seeing all the wonderful layouts everyone is doing too. Hmmm...I wonder though, if they aren't where I am and not being very creative lately.

OK so I am off now to try to do a layout. OH and I have a flier that needs to be made for a friend again this year. Should do that as well since it has a date on it...LOL

Surgery Date...Guess I forgot that last night

Well, they have me scheduled for the 18th in the early morning. I will need to arrive 1 1/2 hours before the scheduled time though. I am so ready to start getting better, so tired of all the pain. The surgery should take roughly 2 hours then 1 hour in recovery and then another hour in a room. They want to make sure I am ok before allowing me to go home. I will be taking my crutches and some shorts along. The doctor said I will be wearing a brace when I leave so I need something that can go over that.

I went for all of the pre-op stuff today. Blood work, urine tests and X-rays. They want to make sure I am good to go before hand. That is a good thing for sure. I am not supposed to shave 2 days before surgery either because they don't want any open wounds at all. An open wound would cancel out the surgery so we don't want that because I want to get better and right now I think I am just living with the pain and not really healing.

I took the brace I have been wearing off for some breathing time tonight. I just started wearing it since it popped for the third time last week. Well, now my leg is killing me again and I know it's because it doesn't have that support of the brace. I also noticed that since the swelling has gone down, the pain is more intense than it had been. Probably because I can actually feel the tears.

I thought I would start doing an altered book today. I found a couple of those children's cardboard books on clearance at the dollar store today. I think they will be perfect for what I want to do. It's going to basically be just an art inspiration book. Is that it or would it just be a book of my creativity. At any rate you will be able to see them at Scrapbooking Among Friends as I will be posting them there when I am finished. I do have the books posted there now as the before pictures. I will be working on them tomorrow since I don't have any appointments I need to go to for a change.

Here's To Some Healing Finally...

Finally some really nice weather for a change. The sun was shining all day and the humidity was gone for a change. It was so nice to be able to go outside and be able to breath at the same time.

There have been a few things going on since I last posted so maybe I should update everyone. I know I have been slacking but I have also been sick and still hobbling around the house. I did finally manage another layout.

CJ should be coming home on June 29th for a short leave until July 19th. I am so excited and it will be so good to see him again. Too bad it won't be home for good but I will take what I can get. He said he wasn't going to tell me because he wanted to surprise me but he said he was so excited he had to tell me...LOL

I went for my MRI on the 5th. That is truly an adventure for someone who has never had one before. It would be wise to try and get it scheduled for when you "AREN'T" sick though. I did manage to only have her pause it one time because of my coughing fit. So glad I took some cold medicine before I left for my appointment. It took about 50 minutes to scan my knee but she did give me some music to listen to during the process.

Today I had a doctor's appointment to go over my MRI's. We had all figured that surgery would indeed be needed. Well, we were right according to the MRI's. The cartilage is indeed torn around my knee. There was another tear that wasn't expected though. Looks like my ACL is also in need of some repair. This took a 3 week recovery to 6 weeks. The way I look at it though, as long as this will make it better that is all that matters. I am so ready to try and get back to normal.

I truly LOVE my Dear Husband and everything he has and is doing for me. There is a part of me that is ready to be able to do things other than sit on the sofa or for my limited times on the computer. WOW...I am so very lucky to have such a wonderful man in my life. It's moments like this that make me realize just how lucky I truly am.

Rainy Days

Looks like we are in for several of them according to the weather man. At least a week he said. Sure hope he's wrong but so far it looks like he's not wrong.

Wrenched the knee yesterday while walking in the kitchen. Not good and had me in tears again. So I am sporting a brand new knee brace to help support it. Better than it going out for a third time. Good thing we had already gotten the braces. It sure made a difference in sleeping. Well when I got to sleep that is. If I could lose this cold I would be good to go.

I did get to speak to my son Sunday night. Sure is nice being able to chat with him through yahoo. Seems the heat didn't do his laptop any good either. It is useless now, well unitl he get's a new video card and motherboard that is. He said he did get a regular computer so hopefully this one will hold up in the 110 degree temps over there. I can hardly believe he turned 21 on the 2nd.

Finally managed a couple of layouts. I haven't been doing many lately but I had been on my laptop and not many pictures on there to work with. Then little Avrianna came visiting with her Mommy yesterday and of course I had to get some more scrapping pictures. You do know a grandmother can never have too many of those. Will have to see if I can come up with another layout or two from some of these pictures.