mike is fetching good drugs, ice and lunch
mark is with me. sleeping, but with me. night shift pharmacists definitely need their snooze!
both guys in my life had to have made a herculean effort to get my Lardo DiVinci mass up the two stairs and into the house! Bless them and their hernias.
In spite of the report of a left axial deviation on yesterday's ekg that held up the plans for about four hours, my ticker kept tickin with no concerns - and actually mentioned that the EKG from yesterday was no different from my last abnormal ekg two years ago - so abnormal seems to be not abnormal for me - while abnormal tends to mesh well with people's impression of me.
time for more Vicodin. NO REALLY (borrowed from Melanie C.)
DEFINITELY TIME for more pain medicine. I can take the next batch at 1:00! (Can't wait - but will have to until the hubby completes his hunter-gatherer routine.)
Glad it's over! She exclaimed (while under the influence of some really fine prescriptiony stuff) ending her sentence with a preposition!
I can't put any weight on it for at least ten days - which makes ambulating a real pain in the leg! ...and arms...and wrist...and shoulders...and chest...all of which have been elaborately ignored since my other 8 surgeries in the past 20-some months and therefore are as muscle laden as spaghetti sans sauce.
I have crutches (as a matter of Jess history), a walker (Hopefully,Aetna will make it so a thank you to them is appropriate) and a wheel chair (thanks to a Grain Valley School District loan). Consequently, our livingroom resembles one JOHN KNOX village storage facility.
I have an ice chest with an electric pump that circulates freezing cold water around my recently-carved fat knee. Swelling and bruising are expected to be significant, I understand. The longer I lay here, leg propped and fighting off an intense urge to let zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's dictate my life, I become increasingly aware of the promise to swell. My ace bandage just keeps getting tighter and tighter (just like my clothes!) Keeping up with the supply and demand for ice on this lil' contraption may prove to be a step for any stepper (of which I am NOT!)
Dr Jones (orthopaedic surgeon extraordinaire) said the petella, femur, tibia bone-against-bone was "remarkable" and "no wonder you were in so much pain." Allow me to interject here, I appreciate having my complaints validated by the surgeon, so my whiney, complaining hypochondriacal (just made up that word) modality over the past couple of years wasn't for naught.
I am too sleepy, I really have no clue if what i've written makes any sense at all or if it'll be a practice in deciphering for you recipients. Either way, I'm going to sleep right now....
Thank you, family & friends, for your compassion, deep concern, prayers and thoughtfulness! My heart is blessed by so many treasures in my circle of friends! Mike, you're mt hero and my heart!
In His Grip,
debbieonthewebbie ; becoming debbieontheloveseat
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