I'm still here...

Due to popular demand I am going to post something... I have been told that with all my spare time now during recovery and since I have the use of a laptop, I should be able to post more for you! To be honest with you I haven't had a lot of energy lately. I've also been told that my body is using all it's energy to heal my hip area and I'm thinking I would have to agree with that.

This post is mainly just an update for all of you to let you know how my recovery is going. I think I'm doing very well! I do physical therapy at home 3 times a day which involve 8 different exercises. All of them are getting easier as the days go by but there's still one or two that I really don't like to do because they're hard and cause me pain. The pain is in my muscles that were cut into so they need to strengthen again and heal... PT is very good for this!

I went to church this morning and was very excited to go! I used a wheelchair and still found myself totally wiped out by the time we got back home again!

I have 3 friends from church who are nurses that have agreed to set a schedule and come over every day to give me an injection that's a blood thinner. I need to be on this for 21 days after surgery so the last injection will be on the 26th of this month. That will be a great day! :)

Mike has been awesome with helping me and running the house! The kids have pitched in a little more and things seem to be going pretty well. I haven't really gotten too bored yet since I'm tired yet a lot of the day. I've still been taking Vicodin about every 4 hours just to keep ahead of the pain. But I must say... the pain I have now is more muscle pain and doesn't seem to be too bad. The pain I had before is pretty much GONE! PTL!!!!

I've been put on 6 week walker usage with a 50% weight restriction on my left side. This basically means that I can stand sqarely without any aid but if I want to walk I'll need to use the walker or crutches for 5 more weeks.

We've been having some meals taken in that have been unexpected but VERY WELCOME! This helps us out so much... especially when Mike goes back to work again and doesn't have the time to put into all the household chores. This week he's agreed to only go back 1/2 days so this will help me a lot yet!

I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers being offered up for me and my family! Specific prayer requests could be that I continue to be careful with not bending the hip more than 90 degrees. I am getting more comfortable and confidant and I just don't want to get overly so and dislocate it! Also, God continues to work on my patience... prayers for this would also be appreciated!

I will try to update as time goes on with anything further. This coming Thursday I have my follow up appointment at the surgeon's office so hopefully I get a fabulous report! :)

Love you all!

Diane