This also means that in two weeks I can start adding weight. I am looking forward to this A LOT! We will start to see a tremendous amount of strength improvement once we start adding weight, in the mean time, we are still working on making my leg go straight and bending it all of the way, still not there.
Talking about my knee has really made me thing about a lot of things (you can only talk to the animals for so long). Today it was raining when I woke up, crutches and wetness just do not mix so I opted to work from home. When it was time to go to physical therapy I gave my mom a call to see if she would take me so I didn't have to do wetness alone. This is when it all kind of hit me (don't get me wrong, I have been very aware at how blessed I am for quite some time).
I am pretty sure that I would NOT have been able to have surgery without some pretty important folks in my life. My husband, my mom, my step-dad, our friends and family. If you would have asked me 15 years ago if I would live 7 minutes from my mom I would have hesitated. Ask me now and I wouldn't change it for the world. Moving to Manhattan was one of the BEST things for Kevin and I! Mom being retired is also one of the BEST things for me right now! Having help with the laundry, cooking, cleaning and picking up has been an absolute blessing, in the beginning I was so upset that she was doing so much to help me, I felt like I should at least be helping. Four weeks later, I know better! She has been so amazing, coming over at the smallest text, taking me shopping, cooking me lunch and just providing me with some human interaction. I am so blessed to have such a great relationship with my mom and to have such an amazing woman in my life, I know not everyone can say that! She has definitely been an amazing role model for me growing up and continues that to this very day.
Working from home has actually posed some issues for me, I cannot get around to eat lunch because I can't really carry anything around to different rooms, pocket food like Halloween candy works best:) Kevin has been a real trouper throughout the last 4 weeks, letting the dogs in and out, keeping the cat away from me, and he has even started to learn how to cook (we are talking beyond frozen pizza here folks)! While the last 4 weeks have been trying on our marriage at times, it is truly making our relationship stronger. More importantly we both have a better understanding and appreciation of what the other one does around our home.
Enough sappiness, one of my FAVORITE things to do when I go out in public now is to ride the electric wheelchairs around businesses. Thus far my favorite electric wheelchair is the one at Dillons, hands down. It feels clean. Today I checked out the ones at Target, not fast enough for me, but it will do for now.
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