Been a little "KNEE"-dy lately...

Sorry it's been so long between posts... but I have a GREAT excuse! I just had surgery on BOTH knees! AAGGHHH!!! Friday, Sept. 17 I had bilateral arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on both knees! The right knee also had to have some extra work done, since it was in worse shape.

Since I would have both knees wrapped & they would be swollen & huge, Roger & Lindsay bought me these lovely 2 XL scrub pants so they would fit over the bandaging! SHEESH! So, I was like the dry cleaning- - in by 7 am out by noon. Everything went very well. Roger could not resist snapping a photo while in the surgery center... (and my family thinks I am the worst one for always taking pictures!! )

The Dr. sent me home with no crutches, no nothing... just the advice to start walking on those knees! So, I did. (However, I did alot of sitting in my lounging love seat too!- snuggling with Colby made it much more bearable!)

Misty flew out & helped Lindsay & Roger be great nurses for me. She brought a wonderful little machine that her roommate Shelli had used after her knee surgery! (THANKS SOOOOO MUCH SHELLI ). It's like a small cooler that you put ice & water in, then the tube connects from the cooler to a wrap that goes around your knee & gives your knee constant cold water circulating around it. The next day we found out that Roger's sister Rhonda had one too so we got it & the rest of the time I had both knees surrounded in ice water! FANTASTIC!

So, I'm doing great now. I've been shopping at JC Penneys and even got on the stationary bike this morning to start more rehabing. Thanks to Lindsay, Colby, Misty & Roger for great nursing! Thanks to Aaron, Layne, Mason, Zach & Arie for great get-well treats! Thanks to Debbie Davis for outing me on Facebook - thus giving me LOTS more get-well wishes than I might normally have had. And thanks to my RS Pres. Deanna Hildebrandt - for the homemade Wheat bread to help in my recouperating!