I Can't Believe We ate All That

25 Nov (Brad B-day)  The visiting Nurse was here about 9:30, check blood pressure, blood clot counts, temp and what ever else she needed to due....will return on Friday.  The Physical therapist showed up about 10:30 and went through the list of 10 exercises I had to do, takes me in and out the door (making sure I can do the steps), then headed out after about an hour.  I'm finally getting out of bed by myself, no more help needed to move the leg, yea.  My knee and leg are swollen quiet a bit, looks nasty and hurts.  

26 Nov The Occupation therapist shows up at 9:00 AM making sure that I can get in and out of shower, dress myself, including socks and shoes and we worked on getting me into bed so no more sleeping on the sofa.  My incision has cleared up and is no longer oozing anywhere, so Diane gets to shower in 48 hours hooray.  

Wed 27 Nov.  The Physical therapist shows up and worked on getting  Diane up and down the steps and in and out of car (can't miss Thanksgiving Dinner).  We did about 1/2 of my exercises, and I am happy to say I am doing them correctly (ha ha), then off he goes and here we sit.  We did some things around here, including laundry, then Brad headed out to the store, for B-Day cards and a few other things we needed.  Left over veggie soup and grilled cheese sandwich.  Not a bad day.  

Ready for Thanksgiving!!

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. We got up, had breakfast and by 9:00 Diane was in the shower, ahhhhh, what a feeling.  It took a while to get me ready, between the shower and getting to blow dry my hair, I felt like a new person.  We finally headed out about 11:30, my first car ride since surgery, heading over to Deb's (jokingly called the convalescent home), this year for dinner.  The food was great and somehow, Brad and I got to sit at the table for the first feeding round.  The food was delicious and Deb made 2 Turkeys so people would have some left overs (thanks Deb).  Brad and I hung out until about 3:30, and were the last ones to leave, heading home, slowly, as I wasn't ready to get back in the house and be stuck there.  I did see two large buck on the way home, and they were so close to the CG that Brad ended up going around the block trying to get another view, but alas, they were gone.  When we got home, the temp. had started to drop, so inside with me, off on a walk for Brad and Rudy.  We just hung out, having Pumpkin Pie for dinner and enjoying the last of the Turkey Day dinner.  

Diane and Brad