Jessie and Hannah came over yesterday with their girls. Hannah did some scrapbooking, Jessie was working on a project, and I was just kind of hanging out, but I was sure glad to have some company! After spending most of last week in bed, I was bored and lonely.
I'm not sure why I didn't get any pictures of Hannah or Kaylee (sheesh), but here a few shots of the morning. The three bigger girls got along pretty well together!
{Eva & Bella}
{Eva, Bella & Mya}
{Jessie & Eva}I went to the doctor yesterday for a post-op checkup. I have to say it was a bit depressing. He said I'm healing nicely (thanks, no doubt, to the absence of frantic preparations to leave the country!) and that after going to physical therapy a few times, I should start biking again. Good news. He said that he doesn't have any other patients my age with osteoarthritis. He also said that osteoarthritis tends to get worse over time, so I can expect to repeat these surgeries every few years. Also that I'm probably headed towards knee replacements at some point. Right..... That's the bad news. I'm going to start taking glucosamine/chondroitin and see if it helps.
After my first day of being up and about all day, I was totally beat and my knee was killing me last night. Thank heavens for pain meds that I now take only at bedtime. This morning Jill took my boys to the freedom festival to watch the hot air balloons, and Eva and I went outside while it was still cool. I did some deadheading in the yard and she played on the slide. Good times.
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My dad had both of his knees replaced and he is so much better now. When it gets to the point when you need it I think the pain is so bad that the surgery and recovery aren't that scary anymore. Hopefully the replacement is still a long way off!
I misread you post! I thought you said that after physical therapy you should start BLINKING again! Hahaha! I was wondering how laid up you really were! Phew!
It's swings and roundabouts, isn't it? I hope you can stay slowed down while you heal (easier said than done) and that your pain threshold stays up. I'm glad you've got friends like Jill close by.
Eva sounds so cute with 'the baby'. Isla's fascinated by babies too, and dolls that look like babies. She calls them all 'baba' and holds dolls up to my chest to breastfeed! Oops!
Michelle,
Those pics of the girls are darling! Thank heavens for pain meds is all I can say! The glucosamine stuff can't hurt, I would try it!
It's good that you can get back into the swing of things slowly. All those girls are so cute.
It was so fun- Mya and I both had such a great time!. She has asked in the repeater style fashion when she gets to play with her new friend Eva again. Or 'those girls'.
I am still disturbed to hear about knee replacements. I talked to my Grandma yesterday who has had both done and she just shook her head and said, "Oh your poor friend!" I feel the same way. You were getting around so well- sorry you were in such pain by the end of the day. Pain meds are a beautiful thing.
Cute pics of the girls all playing well. Hope you are healing!
It's so cute seeing Eva and Bella together, especially in their pig tails. It's sweet that they played so well with Mya (a wise, older friend) so that you and Jessie and Hannah could hang out together. It sounds like a therapeutic and fun day.
i love the combat helmet! hope you are feeling better- knee rehab can be rough. good luck!
dear michelle...what cute pictures of the girls....glad to hear you are out of bed at least for a while and that medication is only at night time...hope it improves
Those photos! Oh so cute! I LOVE the helmet!! (Who's is that anyway?) I'm having a hard time imagining any of your children having it! I'm glad you had company and I'm glad you're feeling slightly better. I would have knee replacement surgery myself, if it really would give me new knees, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!! Go to bed!
Such cute photos! I am glad you had some uplifting company, and here's to "modified real life"!
Thanks for translating the French song on my blog. I took it down because my father-in-law served his mission in France and I don't want him translating the song...YIKES!
Those crazy French...they make me blush.
The girls look like are having so much fun together. What a nice way to spend the morning.
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