looking up a little bit!

 

This is what I look at when I do my pedaling, in the evening.  I've been working hard.  I also stopped taking the pain meds, for various reasons.  I was only having one at night, and one before each PT, but decided yesterday to stop.  Last night wasn't the best night, and today's PT was more challenging, but here I am, still alive.

Not that anyone cares, but here's the flexion progress for nine PT sessions:

3 days post op: 65

6 days              :70

8 days             :85

10 days           :91

13 days          :91

15 days           :97

17 days          :100

20 days          :102

22 days          :110!

Slowly but surely, because I felt good today, good to hear that number, good that I lifted six pounds of weight with dangling knee bends, and pedaled around when the bike seat was set even lower.  It hurt.  It hurt badly, especially without the Tramadol taking the edge off.  But, it felt like something sweet, called progress.

WELL.  Then I got home, sat down and made an apple pie.  When I got up, and hobbled to the bathroom, I thought someone had taken my entire leg and replaced it with a wooden leg, except that it sort of hurt, too.  ha.  One step forward, two steps back.  

Miss Cam and Miss Char were wonderful.  Cam made a lemon meringue from scratch with freshly squeezed lemons, and Char an amaretto cherry with a crumb topping.  

I did what I could from sitting...

The apple pie looked better before baking..it is packed with apples.

Charlotte Claire's cherry pie.

There are also two pumpkin out there, which they made.

  The girls went to see the new Wicked movie with some friends, so Paul and I had a quiet evening.  I had to go pedal on the little bike thing, then do some heel slides and leg lifts, some bends and some straightens, just because it hurt just to sit.  Now I'm settled down again with an ice pack, phew.  It's tiring.

Tomorrow will be interesting, but I am super excited.  Eleven of the kids, and spouses and grandkids will be there.  I'll be bringing my peddler, and some ice packs.  :)

Oooh, I am excited about this:  I ordered us a Christmas present.  We have a double sided Ninja air fryer, but it makes small quantities in the baskets, and I really wanted an open door oven style air fryer that fit more food at a time in it.  Walmart had one for $57, so Merry Christmas to us.  It feels weird to buy things for us at Christmas time, but it will be SO useful, not having to use the whole oven to make dinner.  And shh, I like things crispy!   

And, I did cave and have bought each grandchild one small gift.  :). It makes me happy.  Next year, I am going to budget and plan and get back to buying something for everyone.  It's just too hard for me not to.  (the list is long, 48 with Paul, the kids and spouses, and grandkids). This year, I just can't do it.  

Paul is redoing our downstair bathroom, as I mentioned before.  He redid the ceiling, and is painting the walls, will be putting up bead board and new trim, as well as a new light fixture, new shower bar and curtain.  He has to keep busy, and since he has not been hunting because he is here helping me, so kindly, he's doing this project too.  The girls were so excited, one of them asked if it was their Christmas present!

Ah well.  I'm tired, it was a good day, and the house smells absolutely heavenly, mostly like apple pie, because that was the last one baked.  You all have a really good Thanksgiving...oh, wait, here's the snow fall map for us...tomorrow night through Friday night...just in time to get a Christmas tree...we're in the white blob right above the city of Auburn...

Just 6 to 10 inches...:). Have a good night!