The surgery went well and by 5:00 pm I was out of recovery, wide awake, eating a full dinner.
On Thursday they had me up, walking and climbing stairs. I thought the physio was deranged when he took me to the staircase, but holy cow!!! I did it! I really could have gone home, I felt that good.
Friday they moved me to the rehab hospital. It’s so nice here and what an a opportunity!!! They don’t do therapy on weekends and I arrived too late for Friday’s sessions, which end at 3:00. But I had a special session on Sunday.
All those prayers and good wishes worked. At every step, doctors, nurses and physio staff have called my recovery “remarkable”. I’m shocked at how well I’m doing.
When I arrived, they assessed me and put a green “GO” tag on my walker meaning I’m allowed out of bed, unsupervised. It’s extremely rare a patient gets a go card on arrival. One PT said she has never seen a knee surgery patient with my range of motion in the affected knee.
Monday I had two therapy sessions, one Occupational Therapy session and one physio. They have an apartment set up in the basement to train you how to get do things with your walker safely and avoid hurting yourself. It has a furnished bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.
Tuesday they upped it to three sessions per day, and tomorrow I have FOUR. I have an assigned PT and an OT, so I’m working with the same people every day. But it’s exhausting relearning how to do everything.
This has completely jump started my recovery and it wouldn’t have happened if I had someone to look after me at home.
My original discharge date was the 19th, but because I’m doing so well, they letting me go on Tuesday, the 17th.
I can walk normally with a walker, get in and out of cars, do dishes, take a shower, go up and down stairs with a cane. And generally function pretty much on my own.
Last night I had pain meds at 11:00 and nothing until 8:00 this morning when they gave me two Tylenol. Regular, not extra strength. By morning I was really happy to get the Tylenol but I’ve had nothing since. And I’m not in pain.
Knitting is helping me pass the time.
That was after I found their (Norton's) phone number online. I have a bad feeling about those two who wanted my full SSN. Both said they were Norton employees and that my information was safe with them. What is going on now on this computer is waiting for two or three words being typed ultra slow. McAffee was almost this bad, and Norton was short-lived. I can't even buy groceries with my credit card any more. More and more people want credit cards rather than checks. I understand if you write a check for over $100. for cash, the government is using cash to accuse people of stuff they aren't doing. Particularly people in my political party. I don't know what to make of all this harshness against senior citizens. Nobody ever messed with me when my husband was in charge. I miss his wisdom. Pardon my typos. It's time-consuming to go back and try to fix something with pop up typing. Thanks, Ollie. Don't know when I'll be back here. Whoever's after me has compromised McAfee too. But what's going on with what I see on my computer about Norton takes the cake.
^^^^ I feel this way just about Everyone here, too ^^^^
