I was up early cause I once again didn't sleep very well. I'm sure I just need to find a comfortable position, one that I can tolerate and not forget that my knee is sore. I ended up getting up three times to pee and I was ok with getting out of bed and using my walker to go the few steps to the bathroom. And I managed to get back in ok as well. Kev initially was sleeping in the downstairs bedroom with me but he couldn't take it that the bed is smaller then our usual one and the room is way hotter. I was joking with him that he took great care of me upstairs while I was downstairs. But so far he really is. I feel bad cause he has to do everything for me. I need some water, where's my phone charger, can you get me a snack? And he does it all. He's so awesome.
My PT, Karen came around 9:15. Kev answered the door and told her I was down in the dungeon, she didn't laugh. I'm sure in the next couple weeks she'll figure him out. So she came in and we did some paperwork, which she said was easier then usual because she didn't have to do any Medicare forms. Evidently I am one of her younger patients. After the paperwork she gave me a great massage. I was really worried when she started rubbing my leg that it was going to hurt, but it didn't, it felt great. I would have been happy just to have her do that the whole hour. But we moved on to other things. A couple of exercises are ones I have been doing since before my surgery and she was happy about that. One of them was to tighten my quad and then try to lift my leg off the bed. Try.....haha, well I lifted it. And a fairly good heighth. She was very impressed. And then I even did it a few more times. Yes I did it, but it hurt. Pretty much everything hurts to do, but the final outcome will be that nothing hurts and that will be awesome. After the exercises we did on the bed we went into the playroom so she could see how I walked and got around. Plus we did an exercise where I sat in a chair and had to stand up without using any armrests. Strictly the muscles in my legs. She said no one can so this after surgery but not to worry cause today was also an observation day of what I could do and then checking improvements from here on out. Well...not only did I get up, I did it 5 times!!! Again, she was really impressed. And I was feeling pretty good. We did a few more things and then the last one was to see how I do climbing the stairs. We walked over to them and I went up all three without any help from her or hanging on to the wall. I just went up one by one. Wow I was having a great day!! So then I went back down and she said she loved to see how far I already was and that I was going to have a great recovery. Normally the fist week after surgery she told me, a patient has PT every day and then they cut it back to 3-4 days the 2nd week. But Karen said I was already doing so well that she thinks I only need 3 days next week. Yippee!! I was on my way. When she left, Kev was upstairs with my sister and some friends and she said I did awesome, so good that I had earned a gold star!!!
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