I
know. I have not done a good job keeping
up on the blog. I will give you a quick
run-down of what has been going on.
Sunday,
4/14, we had another tornado scare.
Penny and I spent the morning and part of the afternoon at Kevin and
Renea’s. We had plenty of rain and some
wind, but the bad weather stayed south and north of us. We were in the donut hole so to speak as far
as tornadoes were concerned.
Monday
and Tuesday were “normal” days.
Wednesday
I headed to the orthopedic doctor about my knees. I will be having a complete knee replacement
on my left knee on 5/21. There will be a
lot of doctor appointments before then.
Meanwhile, the pain continues. I
do not get a lot of sleep because the knees are bone on bone with arthritis and
bone spurs. Every movement is painful
and I wake many times during the night because of the pain. Hurts to walk, hurts to sit, hurts to stand –
I am sure you get the picture.
Thursday
Kevin and Renea headed for San Antonio, TX, for the funeral of one of their
best friends/Army buddy. Kevin was part
of the service. They took the camper and
arrived on Friday. The service was Saturday. Left for home on Sunday and arrived on
Monday. They also took Shelby since I
would be dog sitting, and Shelby is still a handful. Lola and Copper are older and easier to take
care of.
However,
and of course, we had another tornado watch/warning on Thursday night into
Friday. Penny and I spent Thursday
afternoon, Thursday night and party of Friday at K & R’s house with the
dogs. I didn’t get much sleep watching
the television regarding the storms.
Again, we were lucky. We did get
six inches of rain. Ryan came over on
Friday to drain some water out of the pool.
Sunday
was Easter so I went to Mass on Sunday instead of Saturday night. Sunday Mass still lasted an hour and a
half. Church was packed. There was an Easter egg hunt for the kids
after Mass. Lucky me.
Monday
I had an appointment with PA Randy at the Urology Center. All of my tests came back showing no
problems. Of course, just to be sure,
now they want me to have a Cystoscopy (better known as a bladder scope). This will also be done in May. May sure is getting booked up with doctor
appointments. I also have an appointment
with a nephrologist. However, that won’t
be until the end of September. They kept
changing it to June, then July, then August.
Finally, I said end of September because I am still hoping to get to
Cincinnati for a visit.
Dr.
Wolff told me I would be in the hospital two to four days after the knee
surgery. Then I will have two weeks of
home therapy. K & R want me to stay
at their house when I get home from the hospital. They will take care of Penny.
Meanwhile
I have finished Jana’s quilt top including the binding. It is now ready for the quilter. Jana wants to take it to the place in Indiana
to have it quilted. I will take it with
me when I go to Cincinnati.
Forgot
to mention that I went to the Derdoski’s for Easter dinner. Jennifer fixed a ham and fixings. Sure was good. Had a really nice time.
That
pretty much catches me up on the happenings here.
3 comments:
Sure glad you missed out on really bad weather. The south has really been hit hard this spring. We cannot complain about the cold and rainy weather up here. Good luck with the knee. I have it marked on my calendar, so will start the prayers coming your way. Take care and take it KIND OF easy!! Love you, dear friend.
Arlene and Bob
Another knee warrior!! Mine is almost 3 years old. Best thing I ever did! The first couple of days are the toughest in regard to pain, but mine got better and better each day. The hardest part for me was sleeping the first couple of weeks. I did sleep in a recliner for several weeks, slept decent, but missed sleeping on my side. They told me to get up and walk around the house once a day. Ice machine will be your best friend!
My hips are starting to bother me at night. So, I'm now experiencing the tossing and turning you described. Even though my knee surgery was a great success, I will put off for as long as possible the hip replacement.
I'll be thinking of you and praying for you.
Ooops! I forgot. Do the exercises afterwards that they want you to do. Push through the pain as the exercises really really help with range of motion and the pain lessens too. You got this!
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