Alright, a quick post after an absence of a few days. I am home recuperating after a total knee replacement. Here it is, by the numbers:
1 orthopedic surgeon, 1 total knee replacement
12 red roses
1/2 mile covered with my walker (a new word in my vocabulary is walkering--I no longer run, skip, trudge, limp or even plod--I walker)!
5 blue latex gloves, blown up into balloons by the grandsons
40 staples to hold my knee together
40 pain killers
3 physical therapists
10 sets in each group of leg exercises
1000 frequent flyer miles so as to be surprised by a visit from my son
8 gallons of gas used by my daughter in her chauffeur duties for me
21 blood thinning shots I have to inject myself :(
100 miles away from home
4 nights of prepared meals brought into us by friends
2 TEDS anti embolism stockings
1 pampering husband, 1 fussing mother, dozens of prayer and thanks sent up to God.
And good grief, Joe, I am afraid I just couldn't get into your Whack the Patella game!